SOTA STAR Sapphire Series II owner for about 3 years now. If the turntable is already in excellent working order and been well maintained, the only setup you should need to do is properly setting the transit screws and platter for transporting it to its new home. Hopefully it comes with its original box for proper packing too. Its not technical, but requires patience for carefully following each of the steps in their proper order, so as not to damage the bearing
Assuming the pump is in good working order, motor is working well or been replaced, the sapphire bearing is intact, the springs don’t need replacing, this table is pretty much a "set it and forget it" unit. Just the occasional cleaning of dust, replace the belt every 3-5 year, change the vacuum filter every couple years.
Because the vacuum hold down system requires a clamp, which hopefully comes with the this table, you’ll need to make sure you’re not constantly stretching out the springs with each side you play. Sota users have a few different methods: adjusting the feet to act as stoppers, placing an object under the chassis or just using their hand underneath when applying the pressure of the clamp. Otherwise the springs shouldn’t be an issue and should never need adjusting.
As far as the Joliida JD-9, I’d be more concerned about matching your current (or future) cartridge the preamp.