Love the looks of this SME arm , Satin black and silver
Very nice
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SME-309-To...0AAOSwi7RZK-qa
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I'm Allen.
Love the looks of this SME arm , Satin black and silver
Very nice
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SME-309-To...0AAOSwi7RZK-qa
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Its very nice, I was thinking of buying one myself for my Pioneer turntable
At that price though I would just buy a new one.
Alan
Turntable - Garrard 401/Jelco 750L/Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, Pioneer PLC 590, Micro Sieki MA505 , Denon DL103R - DIY Paradise Phono stage - Reel 2 Reel Studer A810, Otari MX55,Tascam BR20, Revox A77, B77, PR99, TEAC X1000 & 3440, Digital HTPC / Young Dac - Preamp - DIY B4, 821, Power Amp's DIY Avondale NCC300 Mono Block, Speakers Wilmslow Kit Volt BM220.8 / Scanspeak D2905/9500
Yup just found a new one online for £1,685, bit steep that for a secondhand item.
Turntable : Project 2 Xperience Tone Arm & Cartridge : Project 9c Ortofon 2M Blue Phono Stage : Project Phono Box SE II Digital Source :Primare CD21 Integrated Amp : Primare I30 Speakers : ProAc 110 Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
Revox A77 MK IV 2 track 15 & 7 1/2 IPS
TEAC A-3300SX 4 track 7 1/2 & 3 3/4 IPS
Akai 4000DS MkII
Uhhhh 'space age' pretty.
Just the thing for one's 1$ thrift store bought LP.
Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
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Location: Dagenham Essex
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And way over a thousand pounds dearer than it used to be, why ? SME have all the tooling, all paid for.
Anyway that is the finish I remember mine being, an early one and it sounded better too.
Regards Neil
Sorry, daftee, not my thing at all... Looks wise, something like this is more up my street:
Stax UA-9. Simple, classic, lines!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
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Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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