New SME Model 6 turntable
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New SME Model 6 turntable Nov 22, 2020 14:34:22 GMT 12
- Edited Nov 22, 2020 14:34:34 GMT 12 by michaelw
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Post by Dom on Nov 22, 2020 16:48:13 GMT 12
Not even its mother could love that!
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Post by Citroen on Nov 22, 2020 16:53:37 GMT 12
Haha!
Yeah, it's butt ugly in its plainess. 
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Post by colinf on Nov 22, 2020 20:49:44 GMT 12
£5995 for the basic version!
I know which turntable I’d rather have 😉  AMR-iFi R&D
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Post by andrewp on Nov 22, 2020 20:52:23 GMT 12
Eeew yuck!
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Post by colinf on Nov 22, 2020 20:53:52 GMT 12AMR-iFi R&D
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Post by andrewp on Nov 23, 2020 4:17:04 GMT 12
The SME
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Post by andrewp on Nov 23, 2020 4:19:36 GMT 12
For that sort of money converted here Id be looking at the second offerings on every day of the week.
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Post by cartridgeguyonline on Nov 23, 2020 7:30:28 GMT 12
Hard to see where they are going with this. Reading the specs and blurb it looks like an entry level plug and play but certainly isnt priced accordingly. Incredible to think that this is the same company that brought us the iv and v tonearms and the models 10, 15, 20 and 30 turntables. I could see where they were going with the synergy but this looks to be an awful mis step imo.
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New SME Model 6 turntable Nov 23, 2020 14:18:32 GMT 12
- Edited Nov 23, 2020 14:20:03 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by Owen Y on Nov 23, 2020 14:18:32 GMT 12
Hard to tell & easy to jump to conclusions from a small photo, maybe it looks more 'SME quality' upon closer inspection?...
There are plenty of not-so-cheap TTs that are made of just MDF board dressed up with paint, vinyl or veneer. At least this SME Model 6 is not so - it is "CNC machined from a unique polymer high density resin material providing a high mass, small footprint and superb resonance absorption..." Perhaps it could have done with some more stylish industrial design input    
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New SME Model 6 turntable Nov 23, 2020 14:41:56 GMT 12
- Edited Nov 23, 2020 14:43:00 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by Owen Y on Nov 23, 2020 14:41:56 GMT 12
More importantly, it sonically does the business apparently...
" Give this player something demanding... and it delivers an authoritative performance brimming with control and insight.. The music’s fierce dynamic shifts are handled with calm and rendered with confidence. " Compared with the highly regarded Rega Planar 10: " It doesn’t have... quite the musical fluidity of Rega’s excellent Planar 10, but the 6 offers an attractive blend of precision, stability and composure that many will like. " " This isn’t a deck that stomps its character all over the music. This SME, like others we’ve heard, prefers to put the recording in the spotlight. It’s this transparency that pushes the Model 6 into the class-leading group at this level. " See - WHAT HI-FI? (16 Sept '20) DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by simonb on Nov 26, 2020 9:29:19 GMT 12I know which turntable I’d rather have 😉 Would be fun to run them together... I'm sure it is all about people buying by Brand but also pulling the retro strings. I'm guessing that during 2021 they will offer "301 Cream" to go with the ribbed mat Simon Simon Brown
Design Build Listen Ltd, Makers of The Wand Analogue Products Distributor of Hana Cartridges 
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Post by simonb on Nov 26, 2020 9:30:51 GMT 12
PS; Anyone else typographically offended by "m6del" logo?
Simon Brown
Design Build Listen Ltd, Makers of The Wand Analogue Products Distributor of Hana Cartridges
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Post by michaelw on Nov 26, 2020 12:57:23 GMT 12
Yes, it's naff
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Post by Owen Y on Nov 26, 2020 13:07:10 GMT 12
I think I'm more offended by the ribbed mat
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Post by michaelw on Nov 26, 2020 13:57:44 GMT 12
Ribbed for your pleasure
My NOS SP10 mat is pretty good 
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Post by cartridgeguyonline on Nov 26, 2020 17:43:42 GMT 12
Ribbed for her pleasure wasnt it ? And yes is a bit 70's retro.
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Post by RdM on Nov 27, 2020 0:30:04 GMT 12Yes I was going to mention that ... Reminds me of my previously owned Garrard SP25 Mk1 & Mk2 heavy cast platter decks (they went to thin lightweight pressed after that). The mat was glued down (I still have one that is off-center) and more finely ribbed, with expanses of shiny stuff. Mind you, didn't (some at least) Garrard 301 also have ribbed mats? There's presumably a rational decision, reason for designing them thus. What is it? Maybe it's valid? Here are a few examples including Garrard: 
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Post by foveaux on Nov 27, 2020 7:44:02 GMT 12Yes I was going to mention that ... There's presumably a rational decision, reason for designing them thus. What is it? Maybe it's valid? Marketing to the Japanese lucrative market? and of course for 'zen' state reproduction : The same marketing approach, seemingly, is a feature for luxury watches (german Nomos in this case):  "I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
"Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young" [Paul Rodgers]
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