Bizarrely this was all made possible by my Mother who I haven’t financially depended on for handouts since I was a student 30 years ago!
SME TONEARM REPAIR SERIES
Happily I have just secured one of the last available SME Series IV arms before they disappear altogether. I wrote to ARA once asking for a job after university and received the kindest of replies back. Factory service and spare parts support for tonearm owners will continue. Whilst no new orders for individual tonearms will be accepted from the issue date of this product announcement, all obligations of the warranty will be honoured. This tradition of tonearm manufacturing will continue with the manufacture of our highly accredited tonearms for the purpose of coupling with our comprehensive range of high-end precision turntables in which SME will be expanding in 2020. SME has designed, engineered and manufactured tonearms for retail and OEM sales since 1959 and achieved international recognition as makers of the best pick-up arms in the world. The growth of our turntable business and commitment to higher production levels means that we cannot continue both streams.
The decision to leave the tonearm business was not taken lightly, especially as we have played a key role in the design and development of the world’s best tonearms. SME will exit the tonearm retail and OEM business with immediate effect shifting our focus on our core turntable and tonearm combination business.
As a lifelon fan of SME arms who has spent his whole life dreaming of putting an SME IV on my Gyrodec I am shocked and saddened to hear that SME are to cease selling tonearms except with their own turntables.
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