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SME V : what to expect ?

Hi !

I've had many turntables , also "audiophile" ones.
Armwise I have some SME3009 which is musical. I had a Linn LP12 with Ekos II etc... sold it it didn't sound good...

I can buy a SME V new now for relatively low $$$.

Any SME V owners here who want to share their experience with me ?

greetz from Europe
Marc
a011996

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peterayer
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Has anyone else tried the SME V-12 arm?
peterayer
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This is going to devolve into another one of these discussions with defenders and detractors. Lots of differing opinions. I've only owned the SME V and V-12 on SME tables and the sound is anything but lifeless with the cartridges I have selected. In fact I hear things (resolution, harmonics, bass definition, neutrality, lack of distortion) from some of my LPs on my system that I have never heard from these same LPs on friends' systems which include two Triplanars, a Graham Phantom, and a Kuzma Air Tangent on various tables.

I'm not saying that the SME arms are the best or even that they are better than the arms I just mentioned. I'm just saying that I don't hear the negatives from my system that some on these forums attribute to the SME V. Lifeless, dull, bass heavy - my SME table/arms have never sounded like that to me.
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