Cart is a SoundSmith Zephyr III and will match a SME V well I believe. Also yes blind statements take the back seat I agree.
To be honest I was going to just use a JA Michell Technoarm "A", the second gen of Technoarm, but no real reviews on the "A". Since I had a SME V, like the vta and was ok with the sound. I also had at one time a heavily modified Rega 2xx series that sounded very fine but with out the deep bass and black nature of the SME which made the SME a hit.
To be honest I was going to just use a JA Michell Technoarm "A", the second gen of Technoarm, but no real reviews on the "A". Since I had a SME V, like the vta and was ok with the sound. I also had at one time a heavily modified Rega 2xx series that sounded very fine but with out the deep bass and black nature of the SME which made the SME a hit.