Originally Posted by
walpurgis
I'm biased and dislike Rega arms and Rega derived arms, so I'd go with the SME, which may have its own character and colourations, but my judgement, going by the few I've owned is that its faults are generally benign and do not outweigh its pleasantness.
To be honest (in my view). The Audiomods arm is living proof, that the Rega arms require so much works to improve them, that you basically have to throw just about all of the original structure away to get a decent sound. Now, that's a qualified criticism, because at the new price there is no real competition for Rega arms.