

And I also don't think it likely that either company would tolerate that practice. To get the best possible performance from the arm/cartridge combination.If they lack the skill,patience or expertise necessary to perform the setup properly,that's their shortcoming,not the arms.As for the plastic usage,it was very expensive to manufacture the required molds,and certain grades of plastic are both light.rigid, and non-resonant.'Nuff said.Īs this arm was designed expressly to wring every last drop of performance from Shure's flagship cartridge (or any other high compliance type),I think it highly unlikely that it was a lash-up or built on the cheap. Many people complain that there are too many adjustments that make the arm difficult to set up.Well,too bad for them.Every adjustment included exists for one purpose: Quite frankly,I believe that most of the ''issues'' with this arm stem from individuals attempting to use it with a totally inappropriate cartridge.This arm was designed for very high compliance damping trough is there for fine tuning within a certain range,not to make it possible to use a low-compliance cartridge. The III is probably the most maligned tonearm in SME history.Everybody seems to have an opinion about it,and it's usually negative.Whether they've ever even owned one or heard one seems to make very little difference.
