The detachable magnesium headshell has a new style coupling, providing the convenience of rapid cartridge interchange without loss of rigidity. A one piece magnesium tone arm, available as Model 309 and Model 310. The Series 300 broadens the application of SME technology. These precision pick-up arms embody well tried SME principles and are suited to a broad range of cartridges including those of medium and low compliance. These arms offer at reasonable cost, meticulous build quality with all the most important features including lightweight stainless steel tonearm, detachable magnesium headshell with azimuth adjustment, tungsten balance weight, superb quality ball race bearings etc., and a level of stiffness and rigidity to suit all types of cartridge.

The Series M2 embraces three models the M2-9, M2-10 and M2-12 offering pivot-stylus dimensions covering virtually all turntable requirements. SME's unique skill, experience and commitment to excellence has been recognized by music lovers the world over and as a result SME has sold over 1,000,000 tonearms! Visit an Authorized SME dealer and experience SME for yourself. Today SME owns some of the most sophisticated equipment on the planet and manufacturers highly complex precision components for world leaders like: Rolls Royce, Ford Motor, Philips Medical and Williams Motorsport. Over the next thirty years teams of top-flight engineers, machinists, and production managers refined tonearm design and improved SME's precision engineering capabilities. It was received with such enthusiasm that a new factory was built to meet the demand and the company’s name was changed to SME Limited to suit its new activities.

In 1959 Alastair Robertson-Aikman designed a pick up arm for his hi-fi system and on seeing the prototype friends in the audio industry encouraged him to produce it commercially.

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