SME Model 20
(1992 - 1998)

Non-japanese trouble-free high-end is rare... but SME did it !

Not exactly cheap but quality has a price, especially long-lasting quality. The original Model 20 (here shown) gave way to the Model 20/2 and more recently to the Model 20/12 which HiFi Choice reviewed in 1999. Educated and reasonable (super) high-end - pity most of us can only dream of ever using one, at home, to play and replay those precious LPs we cherish.

(but why oh why should boring black ash be the colour of choice? I don't mean the usual ugly mix of silver and gold but something else... anything!)