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    Purchased a SME 310 Tonearm around two of weeks ago. I had always lusted after one and when an ad appeared on wigwam site I jumped in sharpish to secure the beauty.

    Alas in my haste to finally own a SME arm I made a fundamental silly error.

    I did not take into consideration if this tonearm would actually fit OK onto my Technics 1210 deck that I want to take the upgrade path with.

    So I now will have to relist for selling sadly, unless someone has an SME 309 in great shape that they might want to trade up to the 310 model for perhaps!!!

    I could also explore the possibility of sourcing a Technics SP 10 turntable if anyone might have one they want to part with, depending on price and condition of the unit...
    Bit gutted to be honest, but lesson learnt the hard way I suppose, less haste and more speed!

    This is the original listing from Wigwam member Hermit, who by the way was a pleasure to deal with and very helpful with queries on the arm. Hermit purchased the 310 back in November 2016 and has now upgraded to the 12" SME V model, hence him selling his 310 model.



    Click on the below link to see the full listing info and pictures of the beauty, still boxed up and sealed from when I received it....

    https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/1...arm-in-silver/

    SME 310 in rare silver finish.

    Bought new from Unique Audio in November 2016.

    Excellent condition apart from one small mark where the arm meets the arm rest. It's hidden when in the rest. See photos. The mark is hard to see on the photo but is more visible in real life.

    Boxed and complete with 310 protractor, all tools, manual and unused SME hybrid arm cable. No mounting template.

    I had the original head shell machined by Johnny at Audio Origami to suit my cartridge which has a long body and short cantilever. I think it is a great improvement. However, I can also supply a new and unused spare head shell which cost £143 and this is included in the price below.

    Please also note that the silver finish was a £200 option.

    Looking for £1100 ONO delivered to UK address. Great price for a package that would cost over £2200 new
    Last edited by tdlt02; 21-10-2018 at 14:02.

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    Mark,

    You will have to copy and paste the photos onto this site, not simply provide a link. It is now mandatory for sellers to provide images of anything they want to sell via Private Exhibitions. Please read the rules.

    If nothing is done by the end of today, reluctantly your ad will be deleted.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by tdlt02 View Post
    Purchased a SME 310 Tonearm around two of weeks ago. I had always lusted after one and when an ad appeared on wigwam site I jumped in sharpish to secure the beauty.

    Alas in my haste to finally own a SME arm I made a fundamental silly error.

    I did not take into consideration if this tonearm would actually fit OK onto my Technics 1210 deck that I want to take the upgrade path with.

    So I now will have to relist for selling sadly, unless someone has an SME 309 in great shape that they might want to trade up to the 310 model for perhaps!!!

    I could also explore the possibility of sourcing a Technics SP 10 turntable if anyone might have one they want to part with, depending on price and condition of the unit...
    Bit gutted to be honest, but lesson learnt the hard way I suppose, less haste and more speed!

    This is the original listing from Wigwam member Hermit, who by the way was a pleasure to deal with and very helpful with queries on the arm. Hermit purchased the 310 back in November 2016 and has now upgraded to the 12" SME V model, hence him selling his 310 model.

    Click on the below link to see the full listing info and pictures of the beauty, still boxed up and sealed from when I received it....

    https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/1...arm-in-silver/

    SME 310 in rare silver finish.

    Bought new from Unique Audio in November 2016.

    Excellent condition apart from one small mark where the arm meets the arm rest. It's hidden when in the rest. See photos. The mark is hard to see on the photo but is more visible in real life.

    Boxed and complete with 310 protractor, all tools, manual and unused SME hybrid arm cable. No mounting template.

    I had the original head shell machined by Johnny at Audio Origami to suit my cartridge which has a long body and short cantilever. I think it is a great improvement. However, I can also supply a new and unused spare head shell which cost £143 and this is included in the price below.

    Please also note that the silver finish was a £200 option.

    Looking for £1100 ONO delivered to UK address. Great price for a package that would cost over £2200 new
    If you are interested in an SP10, give Phonomac of this forum a shout. He's usually got a couple knocking around.

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    Thank you Audio Al for the image of the 310 Tonearm, and to Bigman 80 for the tip on a source for the Technics, much appreciated.
    What a great bunch of guys you are...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tdlt02 View Post
    Thank you Audio Al for the image of the 310 Tonearm, and to Bigman 80 for the tip on a source for the Technics, much appreciated.
    What a great bunch of guys you are...
    You'll save yourself a lot of money going for the SP10 MK2 and not bothering with 1210 upgrades. You won't be disappointed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigman80 View Post
    You'll save yourself a lot of money going for the SP10 MK2 and not bothering with 1210 upgrades. You won't be disappointed.
    I reckon that makes a fair bit of sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I reckon that makes a fair bit of sense.
    It makes a lot of sense.

    Every part of the SP10 MK2 is serviceable. Parts are still available. I think there was one bit that went obsolete, but some genius somewhere created a workaround. There is nothing to suggest that a well fettled (Phonomac's certainly are) SP10 wouldn't give you another 30 years of faultless performance.

    By the time you've finished hacking up a 1210, it's cost you god knows how much and you'd still want an SP10 because they are quite simply, one of the best DD turntables of all time.

    Rivalled, only by the Sony X-9, Sansui SR-929 (mainly looks) and the Sony TTS-8000.

    All just my opinion of course.
    Last edited by Bigman80; 21-10-2018 at 16:54.

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