Speed trim tool for SME tables?

With the KAB strobe, you can play the beginning of a record as the strobe disk is
about 1" smaller than the diameter of an LP. I agree with Syntax that the
Timeline is the best tool for checking speed, but it is expensive.

I just bought a digital laser tachometer on Ebay and am waiting for some
reflective tape to check speed. It cost about $100 and may be as accurate as a
good strobe disk. This option of course allows for the playing of a record during
the speed check, but it may not be sensitive enough to indicate tiny speed
variations during play.

The best tool for speed is the Timeline from Sutherland. You can adjust the speed while playing a record (active tracking is a total different set up compared to a strobe when the cartridge is not in use).

Hi so I had both power supplies, the one with the twist knob and the current one with the buttons. I felt the newer supply gave it more drive, more impact, maybe a bit lower noise floor. The twist knob seemed more continuous. Honestly, I spent $2400 on the new one and it wasn't that big of a deal. But you can hear it...

Also, ever clean your pulley (the one on the motor? q tip and some contact cleaner?... ever flip the belt over or get a new belt? I found these to be nice improvements.

What about isolation? I had my SME 20/2 on a Symposium Ultra shelf (Loved it) then later a Finite elemente pagode master ref...with the SME feel on cerapucs...Both helped a lot.

Again...that power cord...that surprised me.

I wish I would have kept my SME, been a great 2nd table...one day I'll like try and find a used SME 30/2 when I found a pile of money laying around ;-)

Thank you sir. I do have manual and have everything else working fine, just felt something in an old album I'd not listened to for awhile made it sound 'fast'. Not sure I could trust my ears on this I dug out a strobe disk and sure enough, slight drift, hence my quest. Actually when I first interpreted the strobe I though it was running slow and was thinking, that can't be right, it definitely sounds fast....luckily I was just misinterpreting the strobe movement, it was fast, not slow.....yep, got to remember to trust my ears over everything else :)

Anyhow, encouraged by your note I took a magnifying glass and light to the trim opening and managed, after some contortion and considerable neck ache, to get sight of the slots in the screw heads and a small jeweller's cross-head did the trick (the heads seem able to take a straight too, as you stated, since one of the cross slots is full. Anyhow, the contact was clean with this and a couple of small adjustments had the strobe sitting still and my peace of mind restored. Might be time to get the new power supply for the table -- but for now I'm happy. Yes, the SME 20 is a beautiful design, everything just sort of works.

Used to own that table. It is really awesome. Hopefully you have the owners manual so u can adjust suspension just right. It's easy if u read the booklet.

Just need a jewelers screwdriver, straight blade, one way speeds it up, the other slows it down. Some say your motor controller is best. Hint, try a better power cord one day.

Order a speed strobe disc if u dont have one...