SME 3012-RG

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Data

General

  • Manufacturer: SME
  • Model: SME-3012 RG Limited Edition (only 1'500 pieces built)

Type: S-shaped stainless steel tone arm

  • Years of manufacture: ~ 1981 - 1984
  • Made in: England
  • Colour: Gold (24-carat gold plated) / Black
  • Power consumption:
  • Dimensions:
    • Stainless Steel Arm Tube:
      • Thickness: 0.25 mm
  • Weight:
    • Stainless steel arm tube: 14 g
  • Original price approx.: 3'500 DM


Connections

  • Outputs: RCA connectors, without pickup


Technical data

  • Material: stainless steel tonearm, gold plated
  • Effective arm length: 307,34 mm
  • Length pivot point - tip: 215,4 mm
  • Offset angle: º
  • Pickup misalignment angle: + º, -°
  • Pickup overhang: ± 12.7 mm (adjustable)
  • Counterweight overhang:
  • Permissible pickup weights:
    • With one counterweight: 1.5 - 14 g
    • With two counterweights: 13 - 26 g
  • Inert arm mass:
  • Support weight adjustment range: 0 - 5 g
  • Height adjustment range:
    • Via mounting plate: 60.3 - 79.3 mm (adjustable).
    • Turntable above mounting plate: 27.0 - 41.3 mm (adjustable)
  • Required freedom for counterweight turning circle, radius: 83 mm
  • Required freedom between platter and cover: 44.5 mm
  • Diameter of mounting hole: 28.6 mm
  • Installation depth of the tonearm in the frame: 47.6 mm


Special Features

  • Dynamic absorber
  • Anti-skating force control
  • Arm lift silicone damped


Comments



Pictures

  • Picture SME 3012-RG tonearm

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  • Image SME 3012-RG, detail tonearm suspension.

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  • Picture SME 3012-RG, detail tonearm suspension

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  • Picture SME 3012-RG, detail tonearm suspension

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  • Image SME 3012-RG, casket

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  • Image SME 3012-RG, casket

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  • Image SME 3012-RG, casket

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  • Image SME 3012-RG tonearm installed in Luxman PD-555 Limited Special Edition:

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Reports

  • Report from "Vinyl Lives": [[1]]


Links

  • External link to website "SME": [[2]]