I'm thinking of moving my OL Encounter Mk3A on and buying a SME 309 Tonearm.
a) is that a good idea?
b) which is better a metal or one of Speedy Steve's wooden armboard's for my 1210M5G?
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I'm Clive.
SME armboard for a 1210, metal or wooden?
I'm thinking of moving my OL Encounter Mk3A on and buying a SME 309 Tonearm.
a) is that a good idea?
b) which is better a metal or one of Speedy Steve's wooden armboard's for my 1210M5G?
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Hi Clive,Originally Posted by Clive197
Both good arms from what I know - might it be a sideways move ?
With regard to the armboard, I can only highly recommend Steve's ebony armboard.
Quality item that not only looks great, also brings a certain rightness to the presentation that is probably more natural over metal / aluminium in my view.
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I'm Mel.
Never experienced a 309 but I have an sme 5 and as much as I like it I believe a rega based item has more life in it. As a last arm purchase I have an Audiomods on order. I also a have an early OL arm but have not been too impressed by the engineering quality and so have never considered upgrading along that line.
Arm boards are easy to make and if you already have a techie board then the dimensions can be obtained to make some samples yourself - why not try a simple birch ply board if you fancy a wood option. Because the techi arm is sunk in the deck it's easy to hide any rough edge cutting as only the upper surface needs to look nice.
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I'm Mike.
I have one of Steve's Ebony armboards on my 1210, is it better than a metal one? Dunno, I've never tried one, I've thought of changing it to try a metal one but can't be bothered with the hassle of doing it so the Ebony one is staying lol
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I'm Andrew.
I had the Mike New solid copper tonearm boards in mine for ages and it sounded excellent but the ebony armboard trumped it. So speak to speedy Steve and go for the ebony armboard. It's not much more expensive than the metal and you'll get more detail in your soundstage.
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I'm Robert.
Must be someone here with experience of the SME 309 Tonearm
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I'm Andrew.
Live got the SME V sitting on mine with ebony armboard. What Excatly are you trying to find out?Must be someone here with experience of the SME 309 Tonearm
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I'm Mike.
That good to know from my point of view, thanks.
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I'm Robert.
Not me Andy,
The op - Clive is considering an SME 309 so would likely appreciate thoughts / experience and so on
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I'm Andrew.
Ok will come back to this tonight.
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