To the Old School Tonearm Guys are the Newer very expensive Tonearms as Good as Claimed?

Lets be honest Tone Arm technology has advanced quite a bit and improved with the laser technology and laser precision manufacturing equipment. But the proof will be in the sound. 
So who here is old school that can safely day Modern day super precision Tonearms are more superior sonically in every aspect over the older well regarded Tonearms of the past like Sme, Audio Technica, Empire, Stax, Jelco, Thorens, Emt, Decca, Ortofon, Stax, Saec, Sumiko, Micro, FR, Rega, Technics etc