Ah, "blows it away"..... A favorite summation of comparison. I prefer my SL1200G to the SOTA Cosmos IV it replaced, but the SOTA has its strengths, too. I hear more clarity and tonal certainty with the Technics table (piano notes and organ tones are clearly more stable), and there is less of a subtle, yet pervasive "dark" tonal character laid over the music; and I am hearing more information out of the grooves. But the presentation does come off a bit brighter, and that might be a move in the wrong direction for some. I like the difference in my system, to my ears, etc., but nothing got "blown away".
