I am not bashing SME , for as long as I can remember the Hi Fi press has lauded SME as the  finest turntable you can buy etc, I was looking for a new deck, I  was very keen to audition it and then very disappointed with the result, I didn't realise the vested interests that are involved, magazines there advertisers, reviewers with long term 'loan' kit, 'consultancy work' , the whole thing stinks imho.

I would prefer deafness to ATC