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Lowering/raising control gives smooth positive action. Dial corresponds with VTF and has positive OFF position. Stainless steel vertical shaft, ground and thread ground, with integral 16mm diameter flange to couple shaft and yoke.Ģ3mm diameter steel pillar, heat treated, ground and honed, carries two 17mm ball races, widely spaced to resist tilt.Īnti-skate control operates through tension spring and filament. Unique assembly gives high rigidity and allows bearings to be critically adjusted before tone-arm is fitted. Axis at record mean level to minimise warp-wow.ĭynamic balance graduated vertical tracking force (VTF) control applies 0-3g x 0.125g through resonance controlled spring. Carried in massive yoke on 10mm ball races.
#SME TONEARM FREE#
Fine machined cartridge platform, enamel free to avoid interface resonance.Ī Stainless steel cross shaft, ground and thread ground. Internal constrained layer damps minute residual vibration leaving the tone-arm acoustically inert. Unique one-piece pressure die-cast tone-arm utilising the advantages of magnesium, replace conventional fabricated construction. It escapes the ‘LP’ sound and demonstrates that structural resonances in pick-up arms are responsible for much that makes vinyl records readily discernible from master tapes.
#SME TONEARM SERIES#
Series V sound has an almost startling dynamic range and neutrality enabling high levels to be enjoyed. The work took almost four years and the measure of its success is the acceptance of the Series V precision pick-up arm by technical experts and users as one of the world’s truly great audio products. For now, I’m thrilled that my PL-910 is singing like I’ve never heard it before.SME engineers, recognising the potential of the latest complementary equipment, accepted the challenge to design and build a pick-up arm which unlike others in existence would make no detectable sound contribution of its own. That will have to be a post-winning-the-lottery purchase.
#SME TONEARM UPGRADE#
I highly recommend Alfred if you’re in the market for any work or upgrade to a new or old SME tonearm.Īnd if I had the money to buy the gold 3009 tonearm on their website, I’d snatch it up tomorrow. If you’re like me and don’t want to attempt this kind of precise rewiring job yourself, Alfred does an amazing job and improves the arm in other ways as well. It’s like a whole new arm for my table, and what sounds like a world class arm, and has definitely taken things to the next level. They polished it, replaced a number of parts, and now the arm lift, arm lock, and VTA work much better than before. The wiring definitely made a substantial improvement, and the arm now looks brand new. I proceeded to listen to all of my favorite albums that I know well, and smiled ear to ear for hours while listening to each one. The rewiring resulted in a better tonal balance, richer sound, a beautiful and never harsh top end, and flawless tracking. From the first listen I could hear more improvement than I could have ever hoped for. I got the arm back this weekend and hooked it up and got everything dialed in. He was great to deal with and very knowledgeable and gave me detailed instructions on sending him the arm, promising that I would be very happy with the results and how he thought it was an upgrade worth making for my Kyocera PL-910 turntable. I researched various options and decided on Alfred Kayser at in Canada.
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A couple of months ago I bit the bullet and sent my vintage SME-3009 tonearm in for a complete refurbishing and rewiring.