(SME engineers, recognising the potential of the latest complementary equipment, accepted the challenge to design and build a pick-up arm which unlike others in existence would make no detectable sound contribution of its own.
The work took almost four years and the measure of its success is the acceptance of the Series V precision pick-up arm by technical experts and users as one of the world’s truly great audio products. Series V sound has an almost startling dynamic range and neutrality enabling high levels to be enjoyed. It escapes the ‘LP’ sound and demonstrates that structural resonances in pick-up arms are responsible for much that makes vinyl records readily discernible from master tapes.
| Series V Dimensions | |
| A – Distance from pivot to stylus | 233.15mm |
| B – Distance from pivot to turntable centre | 215.35mm |
| C – Cartridge fixing centres | 12.70mm |
| D – Offset angle | 23.635° |
| E – Linear offset | 93.47mm |
| F – Overhang | 17.8mm |
| G – Height above mounting surface | max. 87.90mm min. 56.40mm |
| H – Height of record surface above mounting surface | max. 57.90mm min. 26.40mm |
| J – Depth below mounting surface | 56.75mm |
| K – Radial clearance for balance weight | 73.0mm |
| L – Clearance between cabinet lid and record surface assuming cartridge height at 17.0mm | 35.0mm |
