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Heard a SOTA and I am pumped to get mine goin

I went to one of our Ears and Beers parties this past weekend and got a chance to hear a SOTA table and WOW what a nice sound!
Now he has an SME 4 arm with a Clear Audio Signature cart and I will be only running a Aurum Beta S Clear Audio cart with a Grado Signature arm but if I can get even in the ball aprk of his sound I will be thrilled, I am stilled impressed with how isolated the table was to external noise, banging on the table could not be heard in the speakers even slighly, and the vac and clamp made notable improovements in the sound. His SOTA has avery nice controlled tight but dynamic sound that really let vinyl shine against digital.
Well I just hope mine sounds close to as good as my friends, if so I should be a very happy camper, the table may be up and running this weekend (fingers crossed)
chadnliz
chadnliz OP
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well I got it up and running, all smiles here! It is about 85% of what I would like, but more adjustments should dial it in greaT.
clio09
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Great news Chadnliz. Keep it spinning.
john_fink
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Chad-- Great news! I'd love to hear your system sometime. By the time I got back from a little league coaches meeting it was too late to call back. Keep me posted on any upcoming ears and beers events.

John
chadnliz OP
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Hey John,
Called you and left a message, hopin we can get out your way soon, Ears and Beers will be in early April.
This table set-up is simply amazing, I cant tell you how good it sounds, not dropping any names but some tables I have heard for around $3K cant touch this, I have not heard em' all but.....well I am a happy camper.
The coolest part is that I had to put a mid priced and dated Ortofon cart on the table and it still is blowing me away, now I am gonna be adding a Clear Audio Virtuoso Wood cartridge on it that my Ears and Beers buddy gave to me, I also had a Aura Beta S, but it has a bent Cantilever so I didnt even bother with it. Hopefully the Virtuoso Wood will do even more great things, but if it doesnt I will put back on the VERY pleasing Ortofon and maybe get me Grado XTL retipped, as it may mate really well with the Grado signature arm I have (not too many of those arms out there!)
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