Mr Vintage Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Item Condition: Excellent Shipping Options: Shipping is available at agreed cost. Suburb or Town: Holland Park State: Queensland Payment Method: Reason for selling: Wanted to Buy Further information: Hi all, I’m interested in buying an SME S3 Tonearm. Feel free to get in touch if you have or know someone looking at selling. Its going on a Thorens however, will consider another brand that also works well on a suspended deck. With or without Cart is fine. Price listed is a guide. Will negotiate upon application. Cheers! Photos: PLEASE READ If you are advertising multiple items, you must post one bulk price only, or post seperate ads for each item If you include any reference to pricing whatsoever in this section (excluding RRP), your ad will not be approved If you don't include photographs of the actual item being sold, your ad will not be approved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honreekea Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I sold one with a turntable attached for $950...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Now that’s just plain cruel! Next you’ll tell me the deck alone was worth $950! Hehehe. I’ll happily take a deck with one of the price is right. There is an S model but i’d prefer the full Monty version. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) @Mr Vintage There’s an SME arm on this SL120 that looks like a 3009 to me but I’m not an expert and it will probably need a lot of work if it is. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/324280770858 If you buy it for the arm, I’ll take the deck off you to play with EDIT: having a look, it might be a series 1 or 2? Edited September 8, 2020 by RankStranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honreekea Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, Mr Vintage said: Now that’s just plain cruel! Next you’ll tell me the deck alone was worth $950! Hehehe. I’ll happily take a deck with one of the price is right. There is an S model but i’d prefer the full Monty version. Cheers. It was the s .Attached to a td160super. I have a series 2 fixed head shell if you get desperate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I have a brand new SME Series 111 and FIdelity Research FR14 silver wiring never installed. Years ago was to be installed on a Linn but never got around to it. Lost the cover but everything in the foam box still inside. Message if you are interested in a brand new one. Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Cheers. PM Sent re the Series 3. Hi Honreekia, I’ll let you know re the Series 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Hi RankStranger, Its a Series 1 on that deck and yeh, it looks like it’s seen better days. I’ll keep an eye on it. I’d say all bids are for the arm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_mike Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 16 hours ago, Mr Vintage said: Hi RankStranger, Its a Series 1 on that deck and yeh, it looks like it’s seen better days. I’ll keep an eye on it. I’d say all bids are for the arm. It's actually a Series 2 improved, so a late model. The rider weight arm goes through a black attachment where it joins the arm. Earlier arms had the rider weight arm attach through the smaller silver balance weight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 SME as above Purchased from Bernard. Thanks all for your input. It’s been fun! Still looking for a Series 2 for another deck. Cheers, Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
net Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Is this better than a SME? Lately, there is a comparative review written up. Has anyone any experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Hi mate, Yeh had a read and it does get a good rap. Not many come up for sale so parts may be harder to source than the SME arms? Not sure. I’m happy enough with the sound I get from my other deck with a Series 2 and V15III on it and as always with HiFi, so many parts to make up a whole and the never ending persuit for better sound! Especially from Vintage gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Mr Vintage said: SME as above Purchased from Bernard. Thanks all for your input. It’s been fun! Still looking for a Series 2 for another deck. Cheers, Jason. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/284003137456 Courtesy of @xlr8or in the eBay bargains thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
net Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Mr Vintage said: Hi mate, Yeh had a read and it does get a good rap. Not many come up for sale so parts may be harder to source than the SME arms? Not sure. I’m happy enough with the sound I get from my other deck with a Series 2 and V15III on it and as always with HiFi, so many parts to make up a whole and the never ending persuit for better sound! Especially from Vintage gear. Just a few years ago, they were plenty. I sold three of them cheaply. I didn't know that they were that good. I dismissed a German review that compares it favourably to an EMT, I think. Now there are more reviews. They do have a problem- the bottom 'plastic' hoider tends to break. Edited September 11, 2020 by net More information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Vintage Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 08/09/2020 at 6:20 PM, RankStranger said: @Mr Vintage There’s an SME arm on this SL120 that looks like a 3009 to me but I’m not an expert and it will probably need a lot of work if it is. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/324280770858 If you buy it for the arm, I’ll take the deck off you to play with EDIT: having a look, it might be a series 1 or 2? This sold for $401. Not bad, but the SME did look like she’d seen better days. Still a bit of a bargain as they’ll only go up in value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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