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In Reply to: REVIEW: S.M.E 3009 IIIs Tone Arms posted by darkstar on November 7, 2004 at 18:23:17:
I've had a Series III since new. In many ways I believe it to be an outstanding arm, winning design council awards when first released, and as far as I know the first pickup arm to be engineered from exotique materials (titanium etc) coupled with innovative design features including the detachable arm and the method of fine adjustments.
I have always loved it, although I have only ever used it with a Shure V15-IV, sitting on my Girodec. The arm is most forgiving and for me has a very neutral sound and great clarity.
It is a shame that SME stopped supporting this arm. When I wanted to try the cartridge in the later arm tube with ceramic coating I had to resort to e-bay.
In the last year I have bought a SME V with an V-15 Xmr to go into a direct drive turntable by Luxman. The V is another beautiful example of the quality of engineering at SME and the combination offers a little more detail when playing than was evident to me from the SME III. If anything I regard the SME V more highly, but there wasn't alot in it for me; they are both superb arms, although frankly the SME III was far, far easier to setup.
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- S.M.E 3009 IIIs Tone Arms - bomber_mills 10:57:12 11/09/04 (2)
- Re: S.M.E 3009 IIIs Tone Arms - John Elison 11:47:16 11/09/04 (1)
- Re: S.M.E 3009 IIIs Tone Arms - bomber_mills 12:33:18 11/09/04 (0)
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