To SME or not to SME?

As sure as the day is long, the urge will strike.
Suggest you get a 30/2 or 30/12 from Southwest Analogue in the UK. Then you will be done.

Sebastienl - The money you save buying from Southwest Analogue may allow you to get the table you want, or even move up from a 30/2 to a 30/12.

Sksos1 - "Blackest soundstage and pinpoint imaging but it has no life." No listing of what arms/cartridges were used in that assessment. Could it be that "no life" means that nothing was ADDED to the sound to give it what you consider "life"?

Sksos1 - I beg to differ. I've owned both the Basis Debut Signature Vacuum and the SY7. Sold them. (I've heard the S10 and don't think it is a significant improvement over the S7). Neither measures up to the SME 30/12 with V12 arm - what I own now. Plenty of PRAT and inner detail.
I'll go count up my albums now.......let's just say, quite a few.

In addition to having a different suspension system compared to the 10, the 20 and 30 have different feet. With the latter tables, one can leave in place the rubber insert pads or remove them exposing the stainless steel balls inside. If one wishes to 'ground' the table to an isolation platform - such as the Symposium Ultra - one should remove the pads. If the table is resting on sensitive furniture, the pads would best be left in place. This choice could certainly have various effects including the amount and tightness of bass and perhaps the degree of detail and 'blackness' of background.
Different strokes.......