The original steel knife edge bearing hasĪ strong, vivid, but also a bit artificial sound (like CD something sounds Obviously and they don't make you trouble. (6-8) are reverse to steps 3-1, so they are The ground eyelet in a position, that the front bearing screw can be screwd (this is a bit tricky indeed) you need pointed,īut strong tweezers, which you put in the arm tube from behind, to hold The ground eyelet, which has been hold by that screw, will be releasedĮxchange the bearings, positioning the short Off the rear tonearm stub, doing it with gentle force. To be careful: do not tear the arm tube with brutal force, or you tear Where the antiscating bar is attachted to) - Note: From here it is vital Remove the yoke (that part of the tonearm, It consists of doing the following steps: Jennifer Warnes 'Famous Blue Raincoat', which I didn't listen to for someģ0min the first time and 10min the second time (see step 5 to see why). Pricey steel variant, and the new bronze variant. Improved, I had the rare opportunity to listen to three different knifeĮdge bearings on one evening: the standard SME plastic varint, the extra I took anĪs I already had SME parts from SME3009-ser2 Raves, soundwise it is somewhere between Linn LP12 and Scheu. Small production run suspended deck from the late 80ies and got a lot of Waiting some weeks patiently after ordering - note that theseīearings are manufactured in small batches - I finally got this masterpieceįor testing I didn't want to involve my SME3012-2 installed on my TD124, because it is running in the living room,Īnd my lady is strictly against modifying the living room hifi. As I have always been an afficionado of old SME tonearms, I wanted to give it a try. Reviewed: November, 2002 (updated March, 2003)Ī while ago a friend pointed my interest to a tuning article for old style SME tonearms, a bronze knife edge bearing.

Manufacturer: ANALOG TUBE AUDIO, Am Gitter 2, 27568 Bremerhaven, GermanyĪpprox cost: from 159 Eur/$ in Germany, 2003 Product: Bronze Knife Edge Bearing for SME knife edge tonearms Bronze Knife Edge Bearing for SME tonearms Bronze Knife Edge Bearing for SME tonearms A worthwile tweak for SME lovers

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