Let me clarify. I have either lived with, or heard at length, all the turnables have discussed with the exception of the BL, which I have pointed out.

A friend of mine from Milwaukee, who has heard more turntables than you have made posts, compared the Balance (which in the US is sold as the flagship model - yours is considered to be the entry model at the moment), set up correctly I suspect, against the SME30. The honest truth is that he felt the difference between the two was the equivalent of going from a Vpi HW19 with Rega arm to the Brinkmann.

I have tried to be polite about this, but it appears that you find it very difficult to accept that your purchases may not be the ultimate in their field. This is a shame. They are undoubtedly of high quality, all I can do is give some context for those on the forum unable to experience these wonderful turntables.

Try to have a listen to a 30 at home, properly setup and with a quality cartridge (Benz Ebony would be my recommendation) I feel sure that, given a good enough system, you will realise that I am simply offering some of my experiences rather than trying in some way to undermine you.

I am sure that your setup is wonderful, I have already said that. But surely you would not suggest that there is not better and more transparent sounding equipment out there?