Marco,

There is only one 'um, and thats f_ck 'um! Let them believe what they want. I nearly bought an sp10 best thing I ever did spending 90 quid, yep, 90 quid on my 1210, then several thousand getting it to the position its in now...
Andrew, the last SP10 I heard was Speedy Steve's, when I was down at his place having my ebony armboard fitted last month.

Steve's SP10 is superb - it's in a lovely plinth, is fitted with a gorgeous FR64 tonearm and SPU Silver Meister, and he runs it through an UBER-REVEALING horn-based system (you've all seen the pictures in the DIY room).

Obviously, when the armboard had been fitted, we had a listen to my T/T in his system, after listening to Steve's SP10 up until that point, so I could ascertain what the armboard was doing.

He'll tell you himself what happened, but let's just say that we both agreed that superb as his T/T was, no-one would be rushing out to buy an SP10, after hearing how good my modded SL-1210 sounded

I'm sure that the results were exactly the same when Martin's T/T was put into Steve's system, after his ebony armboard had been fitted. I'm afraid the fact is that unless you've taken part in these sort of comparisons, and heard the results for yourself, you simply don't have a clue.

Marco.