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    Audio Al is offline Pishanto Specialist & Super-Daftee
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    Default How nice is this tonearm

    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.

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    Yup just found a new one online for £1,685, bit steep that for a secondhand item.
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    Uhhhh 'space age' pretty.
    Just the thing for one's 1$ thrift store bought LP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cas View Post
    Yup just found a new one online for £1,685, bit steep that for a secondhand item.
    Alan I wasent commenting on the price . just the ascetics / looks
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    ascetic
    əˈsɛtɪk/
    noun
    plural noun: ascetics

    a person who follows an ascetic life.
    synonyms: abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk; fakir, Sufi, dervish;
    yogi, rishi, sannyasi;
    sadhu, muni;
    hikikomori;
    raregymnosophist, marabout, santon, eremite, stylite, pillar saint, pillar hermit, pillarist, aerialist, cenobite
    "St Paul the Egyptian was a desert ascetic"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stratmangler View Post
    ascetic
    əˈsɛtɪk/
    noun
    plural noun: ascetics

    a person who follows an ascetic life.
    synonyms: abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk; fakir, Sufi, dervish;
    yogi, rishi, sannyasi;
    sadhu, muni;
    hikikomori;
    raregymnosophist, marabout, santon, eremite, stylite, pillar saint, pillar hermit, pillarist, aerialist, cenobite
    "St Paul the Egyptian was a desert ascetic"
    Bit early for a English lesson , or maybe late
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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

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    Sorry, daftee, not my thing at all... Looks wise, something like this is more up my street:



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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Sorry, daftee, not my thing at all... Looks wise, something like this is more up my street:



    Stax UA-9. Simple, classic, lines!

    Marco.
    Yes indeed, I use a UA-70 on my Denon and have a UA-7 waiting for a worthy tt
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