Sota Sapphire arm help?

Though primarily for Thorens and Gerrard, please take a look at this website as it may address some of your uncertainties;

http://www.soundsupports.com/index.htm

Wish I had a Sota, that sound's addictive.

I have the SOTA Star/Saphire with a Rega 300 arm. I had it rewired, upgraded counter weight and armboard isnt stock but al once was stock. I know we can get crazy on spending but this table with my Dynavector 20L cart is 80 to 85% of my friends SOTA. NOVA with a SME V arm and a $3000 cart I cant recall.
yes his is really better by a significant margin, but his rig comes in around $10k, it better. :)

After doing a little research I saw the Rega hole size is just slightly larger than the MMT, only like 1/4" or so. Shouldn't be too much of a hassle hopefully. Ill have to give Sota a call & find out on some upgrades. I had emailed about it & Donna had said that in her opinion, your money is better spent just trading in for a newer table. Well have to see though, I'm already way over my initial budget lol.

The seller is going to refund the money to pick up a Rega 250 though so we'll see how that works out. Thanks again everyone!

For what its worth...
The Sota can handle all the arm you can afford. The Rega type arms including several companies that make some truly great arms, are an easy solution. With Origen Live, the solution to the arm hole problem in an MMT board was a supplied dole rod and sand paper. Donna at the Sota shop will give you any advise you need. Replacing the better arm board is "pricey" and I would recommend investind that money in a tone arm upgrade if you can work out a deal with the original seller. The Sota shop also does a rather reasonable upgrade to the Sota table to version 5 status that is well worth the money. With the upgrade and a $3000 OL tonearm and Ortopon Jubilee I have more tt than I had ever thought possible for the money. The folks at Sota are great to work with.

Thanks for the responses everyone! I might just have the seller order me a Rega & have Sota make a new board. Seems to be the best option. This is also one of their upgraded boards, I don't really have the tools to make a wider hole. Thanks again for everyone's help!

This should not be a problem.. The spindle to pivot distance is the same for both arms. However, the cutout hole needs to be slightly bigger for the Rega; so, you would have to widen the hole to fit the Rega which uses a collet instead of screws. Good luck.

What cartridge are you using? I had that arm years ago and it would resonate so bad I blew my speakers twice. That arm is not a ball of fire. Go for a Rega.

Contact Jeff at SOTA

Had a similar experience on ebay awhile ago. I do not look for audio gear there anymore.

>>>>How do you match a tonearm to a table that has an armboard for a specific arm?<<<<

SOTA's armboards are blank. You order one from them telling them what tonearm you have and they cut out the proper hole at the proper place and ship it to you. Call/email them before you buy a particular tonearm in case they don't have the proper template for it.

You also might ask them if there are other tonearms that would fit the MMT one.

What seems to be the problem with the MMT . Maybe it can be an easy fix . The MMT is a decent Tonearm if working properly . I don't think you will be able to easily fit a Rega to the existing Arm Board