Originally Posted by
Rosewind
I know that you can have the arm serviced and upgraded with bronze bearings in Germany. That is what I would have done.
This is a SME3009 'R' model. They are of the medium toward heavy effective mass tonearm. As such they would match medium toward low compliant cartridges.
About the knife edge bearing, this one seemed to be of the nylon kind judging by it's matt look from the poor quality photos. Original SME's where all either steel or nylon.
The SME 3009 SII & 2 series are all aluminium tube/wand and prefer a steel knife edge bearing. The 3009 'R' tube/wand is steel. Steel tube/wand should benefit from a bronze knife edge bearing.
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