So, er, why are you banging on about it? Anyone might think that you are insecure about having wasted, oops - sorry, invested £12,000 on a turntable which, despite having a technologically-advanced heated bearing, is still not the last word in vinyl replay. Mightn't they? 

SM preferring the much cheaper SME is just jealousy, isn't it? Yes, we can be certain about that.