McNeilis confirms there's considerable sharing of parts across the SME range, which of course is no bad thing. The deck is clearly inspired by the Model 15, but has a more compact form factor. The result is a compact new motor unit with an SME Type IV tonearm pre-fitted with a selected Ortofon moving-coil cartridge, feeding a bespoke integrated phono stage by Nagra and connected throughout by Crystal Cable wiring. Our partners were selected to match the stringent, ultra-high quality and reliability disciplines of SME. 'The Synergy is aimed at customers seeking a turntable solution which is factory configured, set up and ready to play… SME does not intend to enter into the production of mass market audio products. But Stuart McNeilis is adamant that this is not so.
Sme tonearm with empire cartridge Bluetooth#
No pressure, then…Ĭynics might claim that the Synergy is the thin end of a wedge that ends up with SME making cheap plastic Bluetooth turntables. The Synergy turntable is just the first stop on a roadmap that sees SME growing strongly in both audio and engineering sectors. With SME's audio business now in the ascendency, it's also time for the company's precision prototyping and engineering arm to start flexing itself, with Formula One, aerospace, medical and high-end automotive as target markets.
The plan was for Padood to shake the barnacles off the boat, freeing up time for SME to focus on designing and manufacturing products instead of selling them. The £14,950 Synergy was unveiled in early form at the 2018 High End Show in Munich and is presented here, exclusively, in its final production guise. In just one year, the fruits of this investment were realised in an entirely new product – the company's first ever turntable package – with motor unit, tonearm, cartridge and phono stage all bundled neatly together. Former aerospace man Stuart McNeilis was appointed as CEO, and the company signed up a UK distributor, Padood (also handling Nagra), for the first time. Ten years after the passing of SME's founder, Alastair Robertson-Aikman, in 2006, the hi-fi world's most iconic precision engineering brand finally moved out of family hands to be acquired by Ajay Shirke's Cadence group.
After a change of ownership comes an unexpected new direction for this iconic British analogue brand – meet the world's most prestigious all-in-one turntable package.
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