Both are fine tonearms. You may not need to spend so much though. Look at the Jelco 850S from George Merrill for around $900 with the JAC501 cable.
Pick my next tonearm....PLEASE
Finding a good tonearm around $1500 (used or new) is almost impossible. I've pretty much narrowed it down to two:
Rega RB 2000
SME 309
My table is an old (ancient) SOTA Star. I have a variety of cartridges (Grado reference, Monster Cable, etc.) so I don't think I will have difficulty finding something that would match in terms of compliance.
Rega RB 2000
SME 309
My table is an old (ancient) SOTA Star. I have a variety of cartridges (Grado reference, Monster Cable, etc.) so I don't think I will have difficulty finding something that would match in terms of compliance.