SME is leaving the OEM and aftermarket/retail tonearm business.

I was an SME dealer for quite awhile. Loved their arms, but alas, they are going to only be available on their own tables:

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/sme-exits-oem-and-retail-tone-arm-business

mofimadness12-05-2019 4:31am

mofimadness OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,551 posts 12-05-2019 at 03:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete While I agree that there are better arms "now" available, IMHO, without SME, our current state of the art in tonearms would be much different. SME has been around since 1959 and has advanced the tonearm design quite a bit in that time. I bet if you ask some tonearm designers where they learned about the trade, they will say from SME.