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sm series 300

SME Series 300

The Series 300 broadens the application of SME technology

Although the unique one-piece magnesium tone-arm is reserved for the Series IV and V arms, advanced metal working techniques produce a fabricated arm of exceptional stiffness and at the same time allow a choice of three arm lengths to suit all decks.
The detachable magnesium headshell has a new style coupling, providing the convenience of rapid cartridge interchange without loss of rigidity

Our designers can be justly proud of these models which offer a performance and manufacturing excellence unmatched by many more expensive arms.

Features

  • Unique pressure die-cast magnesium shell detachable and interchangeable without disturbing cartridge or wiring.

  • New design clamping arrangement ensures rigid junction with tone-arm.

  • Two-piece ultra-stiff tone-arm reflects sophisticated metalworking techniques.

  • Internal constrained layer damps minute residual vibrations making tone-arm acoustically inert.

  • Stainless steel cross shaft, ground and thread ground. Carried in massive yoke on 10mm precision ball races. Axis at record mean level to minimise warp-wow.

  • Unique assembly gives high rigidity and allows bearings to be critically adjusted before tone-arm is fitted.

  • Stainless steel vertical shaft, ground and thread ground, with integral 16mm diameter flange to couple shaft and yoke.

  • 23mm diameter steel pillar, heat treated, ground and honed, carries two 17mm precision ball races, widely spaced to resist tilt.

  • Anti-skate control operates through tension spring and filament. Dial corresponds with VTF and has positive OFF position.

  • Lowering/raising control gives smooth positive action. Height of lift can be adjusted.

  • Dual-lock base provides movement control with high rigidity.

  • Tungsten-alloy balance weight carried on damped two-point suspension. Extra-low inertia design assists warp riding.

  • Underslung weight housing corrects centre of gravity and provides non reflective tone-arm termination.

  • Swivelling, damped output socket minimises vibration transmission in sub-chassis use.

  • Reference lines on tone-arm facilitate VTA setting.

  • Fine adjustment of horizontal tracking angle (HTA).

  • New design alignment protractor sets HTA with great accuracy.

  • Cartridge leads and internal wiring LCOFC litz.

  • Balanced LCOFC audio lead with gold plated phono plugs.

sme 300

 

 

Michell TecnoArm "If your musical priorities are excellent control of both frequency extremes, without analytical sterility, the TecnoArm is more than good enough, especially with its combination of accurate but powerful bass. If low coloration and evenhanded tonality is your priority, the arrival of the Michell TecnoArm means you no longer have to save for a SME series IV or SME V". Mark Wheeler www.tnt-audio.com

Origin Live Silver "the Silver is...the very best tonearm I've ever heard…awsomely tight bottom end...the midband - glass clear, incredibly liquid, fantastic image precision, walkaround soundstaging and incredible timbral realism...the treble is shockingly open and airy up top...the £599 price tag is laughably low...could probably charge 5 times this amount...words can’t express how good this is - one of the designs of the decade."
Hi-Fi World, March 2002

SME Series V Series V sound has an almost startling dynamic range and neutrality enabling high levels to be enjoyed. 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.

Origin Live Illustrious mk2 and the winner is... the Origin Live Illustrious, a pick up arm that is quite simply breathtaking. It's ability to display a three dimensional stereo image is above critisism, as is it's transparency and lack of artifice. It also has amazing tonal accuracy, which lets the "flavour" of each instrument or voice flood out of the speakers. This is the respect in which it is most obviously superior to the SME.... on any deck ... this is surely the best.
Albert Lee - Hi-Fi World 2004 Group comparison test of 7 tonearms

Brinkmann 10.5 "This arm bears a striking resemblance to that once made by Breuer of Switzerland, right down to the restrictively shaped headshell." - HiFi + extract  

Origin Live Enterprise This arm is packed with radical new thinking and technological advances, to significantly elevate toneram performance beyond anything that has gone before. Rather than list the features of this arm, we invite those who want to experience ultimate performance to simply listen. The most obvious aspects of this arm are it's sheer speed and realism that is approaching live music. The tightness and depth of bass is a revelation and will expose you to your records in a totaly new light

 

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