SME V rewire


While changing cartridges, one of the soldered leads on my SME V came off.
The arm is circa 1990 with the original wiring.
Can the lead be soldered back on?
If that's not advisable, and a rewire is required, what are the better choices? While googling, I noted that the factory SME V wiring is not everyone's favourite.
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Showing 1 response by pgtaylor

The wire that Gundam91 is thinking of is now called Kondo. It is distributed in the UK by Definitive Audio, who will sell you a new SME arm that has been wired internally with it. It is an extremely good internal cable (better than the stock cable originally used for the Series V and also better than the MCS150), which allows a lot of information through.
SME will rewire your arm with this wire if you can obtain it.
Audio Origami (another UK company) also rewire arms with this wire (including SMEs). They also sell sets of headshell leads made from this wire.
If you send your arm to SME, they will check the bearings for wear (but so will Audio Origami). I doubt if they will give it a 'tune up'. At SME they are very down-to-earth people and they know that a tonearm is just an armwand, some bearings, a base and some wire.
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