The following articles are included in the set: With this Ortofon record player adjustment set, Ortofon wants vinyl fans to simplify the installation and adjustment of the pickup system. We are specialized dealer for Ortofon hifi products - your authorized dealer in Leipzig Precision spirit level especially for the adjustment of turntablesĪccessories for the ideal alignment of your record playerĪll components of this set have been manufactured by the high quality brand Ortofon Ortofon dragonfly spirit level - easy but still premium record player spirit level Ortofon SME template - excellent overlay/adjustment template for turntables Small plastic pivot type scale that will accurately measure tracking force between 1.25 g and 4 g Ortofon stylus pressure gauge/scale - tool for turntables that is used to determine the stylus tracking force
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I do agree that british products are expensive though.Perfect for the adjustment of cartridge systems You look at many extraordinary turntables and they so often sport an SME arm - this goes back decades - nobody else can claim this to the extent that SME can - save perhaps Fidelity Research. Hell, I have other arms that I like more and which work better in my set-up but it does not detract from what is a defining product being taken from the market. The issue is that the arm has been taken off the market and it has a set of specific strengths that people can no longer benefit from which is a shame. The point is not just about putting down the SME or any other arm for that matter. DaVinci is very costly like Schroeder too.Īny SME arm ever made can and will be serviced and restored by SME both within a reasonable time and price. Those 3 (Reed, Schroeder, Da Vinci) are the arms that not only sound great, but they also looks great (unlike in mind SME have been consistently producing arms for over 50 years - can anyone else claim this? no waiting list like a Schroeder. There are many more amazing tonearms on the market from the small manufacturers like Schroeder in Germany, i also remember Da Vinci tonearms. You don't have to own a factory to made amazing tonearms and stuff, the fact that SME own their own factory does not make their tonearms any cheaper, they are actually very expensive, pretty much like everything from England. And Reed also design their own turntables. Well, what's the difference between solid and very well build Reed tonearms for example and SME ? Reed does not have their own factory, but the build quality is second to none, made in Lithuania, not even in England. The Sme production are like the best weapons, well built, excellently finished, solid and durable, produced with constant performance and where possible they also build the screws inside the factory Here is a video tour by analog planet shaking camera I must say that it is a bizarre decision to stop the sale of something unless it is not profitable. The SME V remained relatively affordable for a pretty long time - they have suddenly become quite inflated unfortunately - but hey so is all of the high end in audio. Some are multiples the price to the SME V which is made as good or better than its competition. They probably sold more that most high end arm manufacturers combined - that is testament to this.
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The build quality and repeatability of set up are both superb as is their customer support. They don't go well with Linn Sondeks and other 3 points due to their weight (talking about the iv and v) but they are a great choice for Roksan, Point triangle and many other decks.Īrms are so deck and cartridge specific it's a bit unfair saying it did not go with a certain deck. The most salient point insofar as they took the arm so far forward.