The Series M2 embraces three new models of tonearms the M2-9, M2-10 and M2-12 offering pivot-stylus dimensions covering virtually all turntable requirements.
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. All M2 arms are equipped to receive an accessory fluid damper FD-M2. 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. Series M2-9 is the standard arm having a pivot-stylus dimension of 233.2 mm (9.18�) and will therefore be the one most frequently used.Typical effective mass 9.5 grams. Series M2-10 is identical except that the pivot-stylus dimension is 239.3 mm (9.42�) a difference that suits the layout of some decks. Typical effective mass 9.6 grams. Series M2-12 has a pivot-stylus dimension of 308.8 mm (12.16�). Distortion caused by lateral tracking error is at least 25% less than possible with a nine inch arm. However effective mass will be typically 12.0 grams. Also, a turntable designed for 12-inch arms must be selected. The internally damped tonearm of highly polished stainless steel provides sparkling uncoloured reproduction. A unique single element balance system caters for cartridges weighing 5 to 12 grams. After balancing tracking force is applied by forward movement of the weight ensuring the lowest system inertia. The weight moves on a precision screw thread with backlash eliminator allowing exact setting of vertical tracking force. The M2 shell is pressure die-cast in magnesium for lightness and rigidity. A collet of ingenious design affords �one-piece� rigidity and allows azimuth correction to be made before final tightening. A fluid damper FD-M2 is an optional accessory. The normal slow passage of the arm across the record is unaffected but influences which would tend to produce over-rapid motion are resisted by the flow characteristic of the fluid. It�s use is recommended with very low compliance cartridges or where there is a problem with external vibration such as a springing floor. �1.0 gram per revolution tungsten weight sub-graduated 0.25 and 0.025 gram moving on a precision screw with backlash eliminator �1220mm (48�) D501 balanced audio lead �Fluid damped lift/lower control �Geometry optimised for �300mm (12�) LPs �Low friction, fully shielded races for both axes �Phono plugs and other contacts heavily gold plated �Pressure die-cast magnesium headshell with unique collet �Sliding base for tracking adjustment �Thin-walled stainless steel tonearm with internal damping �Thumbwheel height adjustment �Traditional pattern anti-skate
100 % Money Back Guarantee !As with all the products we sell. If your not 110% happy with the products & services you receive from us we will give you a 100% money back guarantee. On not only the price of the product but as well the cost of the shipping. That�s how confident we are in all the products we sell. Full Ten Year Warranty !When you purchase any of our new production SME products. Be it tonearms or turntables we give you a full ten year warranty. Bumper to bumper ! Short of leaving your turntable in the garden over the winter or using your tonearm as a pry bar to open a can of paint, we will cover what ever goes wrong with your newly purchased SME product. All we ask is that you retain your original receipt. We realize and understand that you have made an enormous investment in your analogue playback system & we want to reassure you that we will be there to stand behind it. The warranty we offer is unmatched and unrivaled in the analogue playback industry. We here at www.smetonearms.com have been rebuilding, rewiring & restoring SME arms for almost fifteen years now and SME England has been in business building tonearms & turntables for well over fifty years now & counting. I don't think either of us are going away !
Welcome to our hugely successful SME Trade In & Trade Up Program.
For more than a decade now our SME Trade In & Trade Up Program How it works is simple. You own an older SME arm and wish to move to a newer more advanced SME arm Not a problem.
Simply give us a call or send us an email & within a few short minutes We buy back your well loved SME arm or SME table and you get a brand new in the factory sealed box SME arm or SME table complete with our industry exclusive ten year warranty. Here are the trade in allowances we will give for your vintage SME tone arms. SME 3012 Series I – up to $1,500.00 We will also buy your older SME arms outright if you do not wish to trade your vintage SME arm in against a new replacement SME arm. Simply give us a call at 705-737-6773 or send us off an email through our contact section.    |
