"This is only the third model that SME has made in its forty-plus year history. Admittedly it didn't start with turntables until the 80s, and the previous models have been refined in recent times, but it's still a momentous occasion. The Model 10 is SME's 'entry-level' model and has a matching Model 10 tonearm, the combination retailing for more than £3,000. Not the sort of price usually associated with entry-level kit, but when you consider that the next model up, the 20, costs nearly £5,000 with arm, and you take into account the quality of the engineering that has gone into its manufacture, you realise that it represents good value." - JK, HiFi Choice
"The SME Model 10 is a welcome addition to a very fine range, handling all sorts of material with an open and persuasive balance that encourages you to keep on listening and hunting for more vinyl (it is out there by the way). As well as being stylish it's ridiculously well made - so forget your BMWs and your Lexii. This is Rolls-Royce Aerospace grade hi-fi and it's a bargain at the price." - JK, HiFi Choice
Specification (turntable)
Motor commutation and speed selection are supervised by an 8-bit micro-controller
and regenerative braking reduces run-on to a minimum. The special SME
motor sets new standards of speed stability and quiet running. Its rotation
is compared 120 times per revolution each speed having its own crystal
reference ensuring rotation is exactly 33 1/3 or 45 rpm.
Speeds 33 1/3 & 45 rpm
