No original packaging for the turntable but the original tonearm box and manuals are included.
Serial Numbers: 129 turntable, 58755 tonearm, 47257 cartridge.
Finish: Black
Equivalent UK retail price inc. cartridge: £18,000
Description & Highlights
The SME Model 20/3A is a reference-quality suspended turntable that embodies SME's renowned precision engineering and commitment to analogue excellence. Precision-machined in England from aerospace-grade aluminium, the Model 20/3A features a high-mass chassis, advanced suspension system and exceptionally accurate belt-drive mechanism, delivering outstanding speed stability and superb resistance to vibration. Paired with the legendary SME V tonearm, celebrated for its rigidity, precision bearings and meticulous construction, and fitted with a Benz Micro moving coil cartridge, this combination offers exceptional tracking ability, remarkable detail retrieval and an effortlessly natural musical presentation. Together, these components create a highly accomplished analogue front end capable of revealing the full depth, dynamics and emotion contained within vinyl recordings.
Reviews
In Hi-Fi+, Alan Sircom praised the SME Model 20 series for its exemplary engineering, superb pitch stability and exceptionally low noise floor. The review highlighted the turntable's ability to deliver outstanding timing, transparency and musical authority, describing it as a reference-level analogue source capable of extracting extraordinary detail from vinyl recordings.
Writing for Stereophile, Michael Fremer applauded the SME V tonearm for its extraordinary precision, rigidity and effortless tracking performance, noting that its engineering allows cartridges to perform at their absolute best. The review highlighted its exceptional neutrality, stability and ability to retrieve the finest musical detail, cementing its reputation as one of the world's finest tonearms.
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