What is the best cartridge match to SME 3012/II?

[walpurgis]

Who would have thought that Garrard 301 and 401’s were any good?

I don't recall their being underappreciated.

[Barry]

I don't recall their being underappreciated.

Nor do I.

The same applies to the Goldring G99 TT.

[Barry]

SME are only an email or phone call away, worth getting their opinion.

You can try, but SME is not the same company it once was. It is quite likely they are no longer interested in the earlier arms: they certainly won't service them any more.

[mbic]

You could contact John Townrow the boss of Five Ways aHigh Fidelity here in Birmingham, see https://www.fwhifi.co.uk/ he is my go to authority on the earlier kit, I have known John for years.

[anubisgrau]

Thanks Barry, amazing writing! Never too old to learn something new on AOS?

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[Barry]

Thanks Gordan - I have a good, but unnecessary memory for 'trivia' (or so my partner tells me!)

But thinking of EMT cartridges for use with arms having the SME/EIA bayonet coupling (the EMT XSD), whilst have I have some samples of the latter, I have only ever listened to them in a 9" SME arm.

Perhaps I really ought to try them out in either an SME 3012/II or SME M-12R arm, both of which I have.