SME Series III
Low mass 9" tonearm with adjustable overhang, vertical tracking force, anti-skate and arm height.
'S' models where a cut-down version without the expensive rack and pinion adjustment and with the fluid damping as an optional extra.
Description
The state of the art in independent tonearms, the SME series 3 precision pickup arm is the culmination of research and development extending over more than seven years.
It embodies a number of significant breakthroughs as well as evolutionary improvements over its distinguished predecessor.
For example: Nitrogen hardened titanium tubing having a wall thickness only twice the diameter of the average human hair provides a previously unattainable strength to weight ratio.
The arm has a soft core and an internal fibrous lining which results in a natural damping of the vibration fed into the arm by the cartridge.
Review
An entirely different sort of sound and very distinctive in it's own right, the SME series III is a very interesting performer - Noel Keywood HFN 1978
Colouration was comparatively low and the overall sound pleasantly relaxed. Stereo imaging was to a good standard and the bass registers reasonably detailed and extended - III £120, IIIS £90 HiFi Choice 1983
Downloads
mounting template (en)
S mounting template (en)
instruction manual (en)
instruction manual (fr)
brochure (en)
S brochure (en)
S instruction manual (en)
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