SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations?

Speed and velocity can be confusing for one reason the units are the same- ft/sec, miles per hour, or m/s.  For example when driving your car you might maintain a constant speed through a curve and your speedometer shows that your speed is unchanging.  Your velocity, however is changing as evidenced by the sideways pull you experience in your seat.  A change in velocity is acceleration.  Acceleration is a force.  That’s what you feel in your seat as you steer your car through a curve.  The stylus experiences those same forces as it gets pulled through the wavy grooves of a record.  

I know @lewm , I'm just pulling your leg. The more heavily the grove is modulated the higher will be the groove velocity. Speed is determined where the stylus is on the diameter of the record. It slows as you mve towards the center. Yes, at higher velocities might have to change directions more often and more vigorously but this is frequency and modulation dependent. Obvious the skating force increases at higher groove velocities because the stylus assembly has mass and changing directions faster increases drag proportionally. One could say that friction increases but  drag would probably be the more appropriate term as friction does not change skating much but drag does. 

An update. I just got Technics 1200G and a slightly used Lyra Etna SL. In the process of setting up. I will update once I get a feel for the sound.

If it means anything at this point I am in the process of having a SOTA Sapphire VI built.   The process has been great, and Dona the co owner has been awesome.  Have talked tonearms and then cartridges that go well with their turntables.  I opted to have a custom audiomods tonearm built and as soon as I get that they will mount it and balance it for me along with my cartridge.  So far they are amazing knowledgeable people to work with who understand the legacy of their brand and have continued to grow it.