Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
I agree mostly on what you said about What Hifi. "found them to be heavily biased towards British gear." But have you considered the price premium for imported goods compared to domestic? Look at the N-American prices for European gear, they are >>1.5x the price of the local price. So is US gear over here. So if you compare UK vs USx1.5 it's not very strange that the UK gear wins. Take that product and compare it in a US magazine and its the other way around: compare the 'cheap' UKx1.5 vs the same local US/1.5, the difference is 2.2 times.
And, American mags are even more biased towards US gear at ridiculous prices. I don't even read them anymore. Normally I read HFN&RR or German mags.
I really like the table. But the cost? That makes it quite a niche-product. Sort of a prototype with a few extra. The ideas are nice, but seem like a collection of other peoples good ideas and research. Now making a table great is a mixing and balancing of all ingredients (and spices), so that in itself is quite a feat too.
Oh, and I was referring to the SME turntable suspension, not their arms.
I read What Hifi, and agree. Still what are they going to do. The chain that spins the wheel that moves the bike. It's a system and they mostly have British gear, still they do say nice stuff about import audio gear, they just have so little of it to review compared to domestic production.
The Brits also actually have audio trends that you don't read about in Stereophile. It's all very cute in a way. I love Rega equipment. Still were lucky the stuff is made better than Triumph motorcycles or cars in the 1970s. Lol