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===Series II===
The company is notable for its 3009 and 3012 (9" and 12" respectively) tone arms which were widely adopted for [[audiophile]] and [[Radio broadcasting|broadcast]] use during the 1960s and 1970s, at the higher end of the market. These arms featured a polished, bright-anodised aluminium <ref>http://hometheaterreview.com/sme-series-i-ii-iii-tone-arms-reviewed/</ref> main tube with a lightweight headshell, knife edge horizontal [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearings]], and an anti skating bias provided by a weight that hung by a nylon filament.
Versions were produced with both fixed and interchangeable headshells; the SME headshell mount (based on an Ortofon design) became the de facto industry standard, and is still widely used today on higher end consumer and nut not often found on [[DJ]] decks due to knife bearings being
Some cartridges were produced that mounted directly into the SME headshell mount of the arm (rather than into a headshell), notably from [[Ortofon]].
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