Turntable upgrade?

I saw a VPI Classic 1 for 2K. Awesome table.  It would take a lot more money to better it. 

Bajaed, Sota owners love their tables because they are beautifully isolated and a joy to use. Nothing bothers them, not foot falls or malet blows. Nothing in the environment gets to your cartridge the result being quite backgrounds that are in no way attainable with even the heaviest fixed table like the VPI classic mentioned above. I know a person who even placed his Kuzma Stabi XL DC on a MinusK platform because he could not get the performance his friend with an SME 30/12 was getting. 
People have this false impression that the heavier a turntable is the better it will perform. Nothing could be further from the truth. Michael Fremer even placed his $100K Continuum on a MinusK platform. The Sota does this for a very small fraction of the cost. If you can see your way through to buying a SOTA you will never feel the need to buy another turntable.

@mijostyn

Well, obviously I agree. There is no need to add anything for isolation, either from physical or sonic disturbance. The result is dead quiet reproduction. Then add a Soundsmith to it? Heaven.

My old home suffers from so many things I had to combat with my old table. The SOTA is simply designed to ignore that there are any issues at all. Still weighs 45 LB, but all part of the design.

I was very serious about a VPI table, until I looked into SOTA closer, and talked to some who have them. I was sold.

and Donna at SOTA is a real gem. IF your table needs repair or upgrades they are there !!!

@tomic601

The SOTA Mafia 😁