1962
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Design Award - Council of Industrial Design
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1978
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Design Award - Design Council
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1978
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Engineering Design Award - CES Chicago
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1978
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Audio Masterpiece Award - Japan
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1979
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Engineering Design Award (Joint with Ortofon) - Chicago
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1981
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Stereo Sound State of the Art Award (Spring) - Japan
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1981
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Selected for listing in the Century’s State of the Art Dictionary - Stereo Sound (Japan)
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1981
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Audio Component Grand Prix Award - Japan
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1981
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State of the Art Award - Japan
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1981
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Stereo Component Grand Prix Award - Japan
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1982
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Excellent Audio Product Award - Japan
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1985
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Long Run Award - Japan
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1985
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Audio Component of the Year Award - Japan
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1987
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Award for Excellence - Federation of British Audio
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1987
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Selected for Engineering Design Exhibition - CES Chicago
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1988
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Source Component of the Year Award - Federation of British Audio
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1988
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International ‘Golden Ear’ Award for Pick-up Arm Design - Absolute Sound (U.S.A.)
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1988
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Achievement in Audio Award - Hi-Fi News & Record Review (U.K.)
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1990
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Les Muses D’Or - L’Audiofile Magazine (France)
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1993
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European High End Audio Award ‘93 ‘94
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1993
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Award for Excellence - Audiophile Magazine (U.K.)
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1996
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Nominated - Best Analogue Source Component - Hi-Fi News & RR
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2001
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The British Audio Awards - Best Analogue over £500 - Hi-Fi News |
| 2001 |
Stereophile Analogue Product of the Year - SME Model 10 turntable.
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| 2003 |
Analogue Source Component of the Year - Stereophile (U.S.A.) Reviewed by Michael Fremer, 'Overall, the SME Model 20/2 is the best turntable I've heard'. Vol.26 No.3
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| 2003 |
Stereophile Analogue Product of the Year - SME Model 30/2 turntable.
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2003
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'Golden Ear' Award - SME Model 20/2 turntable - December 2003, The Absolute Sound (U.S.A.)
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2004
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PFO Brutus Award for SME Model 4.5i pua. December 2004. (Positive Feedback Online).
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| 2005 |
Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award - SME Model 10 'Best Turntable £1000-£3000'.
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| 2005 |
'Golden Ear' Award - SME Model 30/2 turntable, The Absolute Sound (U.S.A.)
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2006
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Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award - SME Model 10 'Best Turntable £1000-£3000' |
| 2007 |
Hi-Fi Plus Product of the Year - SME Model 20/12 Turntable.
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| 2007 |
Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award - SME Model 20/12 'Best Turntable over £3000'.
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| 2009 |
Hi-Fi News Outstanding Product Award – SME Model 30/12
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| 2011 |
Analog Grand Prix 2011 (Analog magazine Japan) – SME M2-12R
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