Sota or Technics


Hello all, first time post here. 
I am in the market for a new TT under 2k. I've narrowed it down to the Sota Comet and the Technics 1200GR.
Going to use a $300 to $500 MM cart. 
System consists of NAD533 TT (currently). NAD pre amp, Cambridge Phono pre amp, Mac 240 amp, TDL compact monitors. 
Sota i like as it uses the 330 tonearm, is built in the states, solid rep, solid support, is pleasing to the eye.
Technics I like as it's built like a tank, seems more plug and play has a good rep and looks good too. (more bells and whistles, both positive and negatives there)
Obviously they are different in some ways. Direct drive vs belt etc..
Was wondering if anyone had an opinion either way on either deck. Greatly appreciate any feedback.
Thank you
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Both are great but there sound is for different systems for sure if you have a detailed system go for the sota if you have a naturally balanced system go for the technics but they are both very good tables.
Soko, What I said, twice, is I don't wish to debate fuses or for that matter anything else.  I used the eternal fuse debate as an example of an instance where two audio devices may sound different and yet not be distinguishable by measurement.  I disagree with Mijostyn's general statement that if you can hear a difference, you can measure the thing that makes a difference. The fuse is actually a bad choice on my part, because two different fuses labeled "1A" for example, and being identical in terms of size and envelope (glass vs ceramic, for example), may in fact measure differently in terms of resistance across the fuse, and there is a small chance that that difference in resistance accounts for the sonic difference that some hear.
Not quite sokogear. You can hear something and not know what to measure. Such was the issue with TIM (transient intermodulation distortion) back in the 70's. If you hear something real there is a measurement to explain it. That does not necessarily mean that measurement is known or has been developed.  

@lewm, if I were to hear something I did not like and did not have the tools to figure out the problem and fix it, I would be greatly troubled. So much so that I have spent considerable money on gear to test and work on my system. You have to admit that is money well spent in comparison to that spent on fuses and cable elevators.
I should have been more specific about what I said because you are right to disagree with my statement which in thinking about it is only true for people who can separate themselves from the psychological aspects of hearing. A lot of what people hear is purely psychological and as such is unmeasurable. The people you hear talking about remarkable improvements (always remarkable) in sonic quality with fuses and cable elevators are being mislead subversively by their own selves. I love the term "lay instinct" Just because something seems to make sense (to the uneducated mind) does not make it true. Appealing to lay instinct is called marketing. 
I am not as kind as you. There is no circumstance in which a power fuse is going to make a sonic difference other than blowing. Between the power cord and the audio circuitry you have (in decent equipment) a very well regulated power supply. A slight change in impedance in a power fuse will do absolutely nothing to the power supplies output and you know this for a fact. Sorry to have heated up this subject but I was just using it as an example.
"Technics for sure"
But of course!
If your going to the night club....🥱

Sota hands down, and I don’t own either.

A nice origin live turntable and arm would kill the both of them!😉 best deal in town, and better than tables and arms 5x as much. Aurora or Calypso with the silver arm.
For now, my Music Hall mmf-7.3 sounds lovely, but.....🤔
So @mijostyn - you are of the opinion that a moving wire (interconnect or speaker cable) while the music is playing doesn't change the sound? According two AJ van den Hul it does as per his excellent white paper under FAQ on his web site. I am not going to say that I can hear the difference if my speaker cable is on the floor or off of it because of a box it passes over or a small ledge to keep it off the ground, but if you believe AJ (as I do) then a cable which lies on the floor is subject to the vibration from the speakers and thereby moving. Whether you can hear that bit of distortion or not is debatable (just like the fuse debate), otherwise why would people buy and keep (they offer money back guarantees) cable elevators? It is the easiest blind test to create.

I do agree that most of the improvements deemed remarkable should be termed audible or barely audible. If some of the believers were accurate, then all of these tweaks removed would remarkably make their systems sound worse, which I bet they would never say, otherwise removing all of them would make their system sound terrible.