Originally Posted by
Spectral Morn
In my view the best version of that arm, but others mileage has varied.
By far the best version I recently purchased a brand new 312 aluminium it was a special build only 10 were made many years after the 312 had ceased production and sme moved to the 312s, the special build 312 aluminium has upgraded bearings for the v-12 and extra high tolerances, by far this is the finest sme arm I actually own way better then my V-12. I recently purchased another s/h 312 it is not quite as good. I personally alot of the music is lost in the the later magnesium arm tubes having said that I have always found sme arms to be a bit inconsistent and not two sound the same. I have heard series v's sound flat and boring and another sound vibrant with lots of air and energy. There are alot of parts in a sme arms and small details when manufacturing are going to make a difference I suppose. Arms like the graham phantom elite will be far easier to build with some level of consistency due to being a unipivot design.
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