Over the past 45 years, SME has continually maintained the highest standards of quality by simply being committed to the highest standards in quality assurance, precision design and manufacturing. Each component part, even down to the screws, for both SME turntables and tonearms are manufactured in-house using the most advanced CNC machining, pressure die-casting, injection molding, metal finishing, electro-plating and anodizing to insure the resulting product will satisfy the needs of the most critical audiophiles.