I just got back into analog.....

Hai i just have the sme 20/3a running since 4 months coming from a scoutmaster vpi.
My advice is after having owned 4 low output mc s in my own system and having listened to many others .
Don t bother with them , just buy a london moving iron cart , a super gold for example or the jubilee or ref , much more live sounding dynamic and you dont need sut s , just a mm stage

greetz hj

Thanks hj. I've owned several Decca's over the years, but I wasn't sure how they would track in the SME. Does the dampening help them? How is the noise/ hum level on the SME?

I have not tried the dampening on the decca yet , i m pretty pleased with the result right now.
What the hum /noise concerns is that it is more microphonic ,so it lets more detail come through, so you might get the feeling its more noisy but with good elpees it can be dead quit .
It tracks perfectly in the sme arm and the super gold isnt that expensive for a try out i think