SME
Series V Magnesium
Introduced 1986$8,500 MSRP
Reference 9-inch tonearm with a one-piece pressure die-cast magnesium arm tube, in production since 1986. Since 2020 SME sells its arms only fitted to SME turntables, making the used market the main route to a standalone Series V.
MSRP
$8,500
Used market · Good
$2,850
-66% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $4,200 at launch to $2,850 today.
Specifications
- Mount
- SME sliding-base mount
- Bearing
- precision ball-race gimbal
- Mounting
- Standard SME tonearm mounting hole
- Materials
- Tapered, straight, fiber-damped magnesium arm tube with fixed headshell; silver Litz internal wiring; monocrystal silver phono cable
- Net weight
- 720 g
- Bearing type
- Ballrace bearings, ABEC 7 grade, replacing the earlier knife-edge horizontal bearing
- Offset angle
- 23° 38' (23.635°)
- Effective mass
- 10–11 g
- Effective length
- 233.15 mm
- Effective mass
- 10.5 g
- Effective length
- 233.2 mm
- Cartridge weight range
- 4.2–18 g
- Vertical tracking force
- 0–3 g, adjustable in fine increments via counterweight and adjustable spring
- Pivot to spindle distance
- 215.35 mm (8½")
- Effective length pivot to stylus
- 233.15 mm
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