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SME 3009 Series II Improved [message #12858]

Mon, 27 March 2006 15:56

Bill Agee
Messages: 17
Registered: May 2009

Chancellor

I've not posted here before, but I check the conversation occasionally and now I have a question about an SME 3009 Series II Improved tonearm for you guys.

Given a choice, would you take the one with the fixed headshell or the removable headshell?

Bill

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Re: SME 3009 Series II Improved [message #12859 is a reply to message #12858]

Mon, 27 March 2006 17:25

Manualblock
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Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (13th Degree)

Fixed. Greater mechanical integrity.

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Re: SME 3009 Series II Improved [message #12861 is a reply to message #12859]

Tue, 28 March 2006 10:54

Bill Agee
Messages: 17
Registered: May 2009

Chancellor

I was leaning towards the fixed headshell just for the reduced number of connections, but greater mechanical strength is an advantage I didn't think of. If I have the choice, I'll go with the fixed.

Thanks manualblock.

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Re: Yes, but... [message #12862 is a reply to message #12859]

Tue, 28 March 2006 17:06

Bill Epstein
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Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

If you have a tremor in your right arm, wear an out-dated prescription of bi-focals and have arthritic hands....guess what? You're me. And there's no way I could affix a cartridge to an attached headshell w/o damaging something.

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