Turntable upgrade?

@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 😁

Yes, it would seem that way but, I am just trying to relate the advantages of an isolated turntable. It could be a Basis or SME or a Dohmann. The beauty of the Sota is that it does it at a fraction of the cost of the others and at no loss in other performance factors. It is a nicer turntable to use because the main chassis is contained within the plinth. You can bang the plinth with a hammer without effect, any effect. You can not do that with the other. Thus you can rest your hand on the plinth to cue the record. You have an excellent dust cover that is in no way connected to the main chassis. It's use does not affect sound quality in any detrimental way. Some think it even makes things sound better.