Did you check out the photo of the arm that is being called a fake? It is not out of focus and there are multiple pictures. I've visually compared it to a "real" arm and o can't see any differences. Does anyone know someone who bought this arm from the vendor and can report directly on it being a fake?
SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!!
These scumbags have been selling these for a while now. It comes from multiple accounts originating out of Hong Kong. They sell on average two SME V tonearms a month, at $1400-$2200, auction style. Fellow audiophiles, please stop buying these. They are 100% fake. They are cheap hideous copies.
Report and do not buy from sellers: mandy-930 and makiyo2008
Report and do not buy from sellers: mandy-930 and makiyo2008
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@raymonda This is the fake https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sme-V-Tonearm-With-Denon-DL-103R-Pro-Cartridge-apply-Garrard-Micro-Sata/253... This is a real SME-V https://sme.co.uk/audio/product/series-v/ http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/sme-series-v-tonearm Look at the picture of the mounted fake arm -- look at the V -- see the lack of Serif’s? If you can’t even screen print the font correctly ... Furthermore look at the "arrows" on the VTF adjuster -- they should actually be arrows/triangle shapes, instead they’re just rectangles ... you need to pay attention to detail! (time validating luxury handbags teaches you this stuff) and to me the photos in the fake listing are pretty bad - eBay allows very large clear images, these look like they were taken with a phone in a hurry |
Real SME is beautifully machined and fit and finish is perfection. Fake SME in the photos is made with every part being rough cast out of something. Fit and finish is garbage, misaligned parts, gaps, etc. Printing is garbage. Leads are wrong. All the way down to the fake Canare tonearm cable (which SME never even used before) with wrong printing. These people are 100% disgusting criminals. Report. And stay away. |
This seller is also eBay ing this $19000. https://www.ebay.com/itm/SME-3012R-Gold-Improved-Precision-Stereo-Tonearm-Working-Is-Good/2534929106... Is this fake, too? |
As well as all these items: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nagra-BPC-MM-MC-Phnon-Good-For-Turntable-And-Cartridge-Ortofon-Denon/253458... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fidelity-Research-FR-FR-64S-Tonearm-Arm/253462060638?hash=item3b03841e5e:g:... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thales-Easy-tonearm/253458738546?hash=item3b03516d72:g:rtoAAOSwGwlaJo-c And tons more. He has a pretty impressive forgery operation going. |
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