For those of you interested in the specs of SME's bearings and who cannot google (arguably a very small community), here it is...for the SME IV tonearm:
Stainless steel cross shaft, ground and thread ground. Carried in
massive yoke on 10mm ABEC 3 ball races. Axis at record mean level to
minimise warp-wow. 23mm diameter steel pillar, heat treated, ground and honed, carries two 17mm ABEC 7 ball races, widely spaced to resist tilt.
Looking for tonearm inspiration
I just bought a used SME 20/12 turntable that is about 15 years old. I also had a used
Dynavector DRT XV-1s rebuilt/are tipped. Odd as it may seem, there was no tonearm with the turntable. I have yet to identify what the phono stage, but listening so far suggest a Sutherland Loco (still open to alternatives). There must be many out there that have had experience with the SME 20/12 turntable and perhaps a few that have had experience with the SME/Dynavector combination. Can you suggest a tonearm that had some magic for you with either bit of gear? Wide range of music: Rock, Jazz, Female Vocal and a bit of Opera from time to time.
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Dear @rpeluso : Your SAEC 308 has a quality build level second to none. It's characteristics does not changed over the vintage same model and due that's a removable headshell design you can try different headshells build material to test each one with your cartridge and decide which is a better match for that specific cartridge. In other side please check the brochure here and try to find out the black color SAEC stabilizer you can see in the second picture: https://www.vinylengine.com/library/saec/we-308.shtml Use either Löfgren A/Baerwald or Löfgren B tonearm/cartridge alignment set up. R. |
Dear @rpeluso : Here that stabilizer. Improves your tonearm quality level performance: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAEC-AS-500E-Tonearm-Arm-Stabilizer/401993600721?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180816085401%26meid%3D01bb2998364b435484e697d7de6950df%26pid%3D100970%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D401993600721%26itm%3D401993600721%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DSAEC&_trksid=p2380057.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3A46e617f1-d8c6-11ea-a9b9-74dbd1808644%7Cparentrq%3Ac9a177e41730a9cca7ebff99ffffcd31%7Ciid%3A1 Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
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