SME 3009 II w/ Linn Sondek

I agree with Stanwal. I currently use a Grace 747 on my Dual 1229. When I was using an LP12, I had an Ittok and a Basic Plus on it. It sounded best with the Grace 747. The Grace 707,727,747 family of tonearms are among the best sounding you will find. I wish they were still in production. The SME II is a great arm for an older, rim drive table. It would work great with my Dual, or an old Thorens, Garrard etc.
Enjoy.

Again, Stanwal is right on the money. The Basik is a good arm, the Grace is a sensational arm. Grace manufactured an additonal weight that could be placed on the arms counter weight for low compliance cartridges. One thing about the Grace arm that you will notice immediately, is the SUPER clean tight bass... I always used to think that you needed a large arm (Ittok, SME, Audio Technica, Ortofon, etc.,) to get the huge bottom end, but the Grace proved me wrong. It was wonderful on the LP12, and even better on the rim drive Dual 1229.
Honestly, the Basik, Grace or the Ittok are all fine perfomers. With your table I would avoid the SME, Audio Technicas, Ortofons, and the old Decca arms. Too soft sounding with this table. Now, a Grahm might be a nice match, and for less money the Rega RB-300 is excellent and well matched to the Linn.

Roblanger, The Grace headshell is standard. When buying a replacement, you have to make sure that the male end of the headshell that plugs into the tonearm is adjustable. Meaning that the keyway pin needs to be turned toward the bottom instead of the top as in most tonearms. I have found that the better headshells are all adjustable in this regard, usually with a small ALLEN head screw. The 707A has a removable headshell, the 707 does not. 727 and 747 are both removable.