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Has There Been Changes To The SME V Over The Years?

So my V has a serial number of 57564, which from what I can tell makes it a mid 1990s era arm. The arm looks like new, no signs of heavy use or mistreatment. I zero the arm out and a moderate puff of air will allow the arm to travel the whole horizontal range of travel, and same when testing vertical. 

Does anyone know the history of the V arms? I remember talking with a dealer in England who was heavy into the SME arms, and he stated that over the years suppliers changed, and that certain eras of V sounded better than others. I have no idea. 

As I understand it the internal wiring has changed over the years. But I see little else. I know one member on Whats Best who stated that when he rewired his V and compared it to a 2016 era one, there were no significant differences to be seen. 

One of my options for upgrading the arm on my SOTA is getting the SME V worked on. Alfred at SMETonearms will do a disassembly and bearing upgrade, and then a single wire loom of Cardas. If I were to have the arm rewired I think I want to stick with silver, and it seems Audionote UK or Kondo, or Discovery1877 are the wires most often used with this. 

 

Anyone know the history of the SME V, or can share their experiences on having theirs serviced or upgraded?

neonknight
lewm
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How can you sleep at night?

dogberry
656 posts
 

I expect I'm not the only person who aligns cartridges in his sleep.

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pindac
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Sleeping is easy, the Cart' is mounted on a TA that has a lot of thought and micro engineering added, that is very beneficial to the Interface.

The Cart' is also mounted on a specially designed interference fit Headshell that in comparisons to the original is a substantial improvement.

The TT is with a Bearing that has true Axis and with an improved Speed Control.

The Cart' functions in a very attractive environment that to achieve was very friendly to my budget.

No Sleep is lost to such a subject, more like a celebration of another's welcomed work and the discoveries that are made / to be made. As I am without a Vinyl Source at the moment, there are many good experiences in the waiting.

In relation to lost sleep, plenty is lost to Lower Back Pain and meeting the early hours unwantedly, well that's another subject.  

I do celebrate equally the discoveries made following the Osteopaths very welcomed work. 

The accuracy/optimisation of the function of the bearings being used, is the key point, I am putting a spot light on.

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