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Shell accepts all cartridges with ½ " fixing centres. Terminated at one end to fit the shielded output socket under the arm and with SME Precision Phono Plugs at the other. per foot ensuring that electrical resonance with cartridge inductance will be well outside the audio range. The 4' miniature co-axial connecting lead has a capacity of only 27 pf.
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No gauge is required and accuracy exceeds by far any but professional measuring devices. The arm is, itself, a precision balance and a predetermined tracking force of ¼ to 5 grammes can be applied exactly. Its simplicity ensures long term stability not otherwise obtained.Ĭartridges weighing from 3 to 17 grammes can be balanced longitudinally and laterally. The SME system is functional and adjustable for different tracking forces.
The working of this important feature is explained opposite. Lever operated hydraulic raising and lowering control effective anywhere over the record giving automatic controlled descent-fascinating to use-safeguards valuable records.īias adjuster. Speedy and accurate adjustment for optimum tracking is made as shown opposite. Thus an error of ½° at 2" radius would cause as much distortion as 1 ½° at 6" radius. Intermodulation distortion due to the latter varies in inverse proportion to the radius. Low distortion due to tracking error is provided by geometry which aims at lowest distortion rather than lowest tracking error. Careful design of the balance system and choice of material for tone arm and shell keep inertia suitably low in either model for high compliance cartridges. This is as important as low friction and must be considered with it. Approximately ,020 gramme applied at the stylus will deflect the arm vertically or laterally. The tonearm is carried on knifeedge bearings. Tracking error is lower which is an advantege, especially when using an elliptical stylus.Įxtremely low pivot friction is achieved by the use of high precision ball races protected against the entry of dust. However, the 3012 is also suitable in this respect as the effective mass is not greatly different and is further reduced by an improved dynamic damping system now fitted. It is also lighter and for this reason sometimes preferred for a very high compliance cartridge. The most popular is the 3009 because it can be accommodated in a smaller space. Two models are made, 30, pivot to stylus distance 9 and 12 inches respectively. These have been successfully resolved in the SME, an instrument of unrivalled quality presented with confidence that the user will endorse the claim "The best pick-up arm in the world"
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The design of a carrying arm capable of realizing the full potential of pick-up and record is highly specialized involving many problems.
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Even the best cartridge cannot achieve this unless it is poised free from extraneous influences. In playing a gramophone record the stylus must follow a path of extraordinary complexity and be highly compliant if the minute detail of the groove is to be traced without damage. Only when this is maintained in the reproducing equipment can justice be done to the art of the recording engineers. The realism and clarity of a stereo record reflect the skill and technical perfection underlying its manufacture. Throughout the world thousands are in daily use by enthusiasts, profesionals, broadcasting and recording companies, who appreciate a specification that is eminently suited to the needs of modern high quality sound reproduction. SME precision pick-up arms offer a standard of design and engineering which has earned them many distinctions.