Heard a SOTA and I am pumped to get mine goin

Thanks Sit, I have a SOTA Star/Saphire with the vac and clamp, it is fitted with a Grado Signature arm and will be using a Clear Audio cartridge.
I am just too intimidated to attempt arm mounting and detailed set up untill friends come by hopefully this weekend.

I owned a SOTA Star with the separate power suppply and vacuum pump. The best thing about owning it is that rather than having to go out and replace it for a few thousand dollars or more with a new TT, I was able to have SOTA refrurbish and upgrade the Star to a Nova Series V for a lot less. An incredible deal considering what a new Nova sells for. I also have the Cosmos armboard and it makes a huge difference. I have no doubt this table will last me quite some time as my Star did.

Enjoy yours Chadnliz.

You're going to love it! Once the SOTA is set up you do not need to touch it unless you get into tweeking. It's one of the easiest high quality tables to own. No fuss. I currently have an older Star Sapphire and had a Star before that. There are some tweeks that will even improve the sound but why hassle you with that. Simply enjoy the music for now. Great choice in tables. Keep your lps and stylus clean. Use a better quality tonearm interconnect. If you hear anything at all from the table while it is running without an lp playing know that the background should be dead black and that you probably simply have a minor grounding problem. There's a lot of information on A'Gon about this but I invite you to email me as well if needed. I may be able to offer some simple advice.

Enjoy!
John

Sit,

Any advice on tweeks and grounding you can offer? Feel free to email me if you like.

I also had the upgrade to the Nova series V.
A good as it was,I was surprised to be told by SOTA that an upgraded PC on the pump/power supply would make an audible difference. So, I had gotten a PC here on auction that wasn't quite as good as I would have liked for my amp or pre and decided to try it on the power supply. The result? Greater coherence and PRaT. Tried another PC and would rate it 3rd, leaving me with the impression that aftermarket PC's can make a difference here.

For those who live in houses that are not like the dust free laboratory chambers so often alluded to here, pet hair, progressive male pattern baldness, children and the dust to dust inevitability of life on earth may make a speck or two appear on their turntable mats. I've found that a sweater lint remover roller or the similarly designed Pixall MK 2 record cleaner roller pick up this detritus readily and leave no residue.