FONOLAB SAEC WE-308 MODELS LINEUP

Engineers always felt that the solution of tonearm turning portion bearing represents the tonearms technological limit, especially in the vertical direction, there was always no matter what some free-play occurring. The free play then caused loss of reproduction precision and tendency for turning to be vague. To solve this SME used knife edge technology but even with this solution vertical direction free play could occur too easily.

The SAECs remarkable approach toward the perfection of disc sound is crystallized in the SAEC WE-308's unique construction, the Double Knife Edge. This newer construction covers up disadvantages of conventional knife edge type tonearms. The Double Knife Edge provides the lowest friction and high sensitive movement of the tonearm ever achieved. Therefore, the SAEC WE-308 with any advanced current cartridge tracks the record grove with less distortion than ever and reproduces clear directionality, pinpoint placement of instruments and phenomenal cleanness of the disc sound.

So it compromised the tracking angle over the whole rest of the LP in order to minimize tracking angle error in the innermost grooves. As a result you get sound that perfectly presents significant dynamic changes with clear accurate stage.

You can choose a tonearm based on your musical and engineering preferences, based on the following lineup.

Advanced design of the tonearm, which design is based upon research done by the Sansui Electric Co. The AES preprint 1390 (D-5) derived the optimum pivot position from a kinematic point of view, with the mass of the arm, the location of the center of gravity, and the moment of inertia around the system's center of gravity.