Awards
| 1962 |
Design Award - Council of Industrial Design |
| 1978 |
Design Award - Design Council |
| 1978 |
Engineering Design Award - CES Chicago |
| 1978 |
Audio Masterpiece Award - Japan |
| 1979 |
Engineering Design Award (Joint with Ortofon) - Chicago |
| 1981 |
Stereo Sound State of the Art Award (Spring) - Japan |
| 1981 |
Selected for listing in the Century’s State of the Art Dictionary - Stereo Sound (Japan) |
| 1981 |
Audio Component Grand Prix Award - Japan |
| 1981 |
State of the Art Award - Japan |
| 1981 |
Stereo Component Grand Prix Award - Japan |
| 1982 |
Excellent Audio Product Award - Japan |
| 1985 |
Long Run Award - Japan |
| 1985 |
Audio Component of the Year Award - Japan |
| 1987 |
Award for Excellence - Federation of British Audio |
| 1987 |
Selected for Engineering Design Exhibition - CES Chicago |
| 1988 |
Source Component of the Year Award - Federation of British Audio |
| 1988 |
International ‘Golden Ear’ Award for Pick-up Arm Design - Absolute Sound (U.S.A.) |
| 1988 |
Achievement in Audio Award - Hi-Fi News & Record Review (U.K.) |
| 1990 |
Les Muses D’Or - L’Audiofile Magazine (France) |
| 1993 |
European High End Audio Award ‘93 ‘94 |
| 1993 |
Award for Excellence - Audiophile Magazine (U.K.) |
| 1996 |
Nominated - Best Analogue Source Component - Hi-Fi News & RR |
| 2001 |
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 |
| 2003 |
Stereophile Analogue Product of the Year - SME Model 30/2 turntable. |
| 2003 |
'Golden Ear' Award - SME Model 20/2 turntable - December 2003, The Absolute Sound (U.S.A.) |
| 2004 |
PFO Brutus Award for SME Model 4.5i pua. December 2004. (Positive Feedback Online). |
| 2005 |
Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award - SME Model 10 'Best Turntable £1000-£3000'. |
| 2005 |
'Golden Ear' Award - SME Model 30/2 turntable, The Absolute Sound (U.S.A.) |
| 2006 |
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. |
| 2007 |
Hi-Fi Choice Gold Award - SME Model 20/12 'Best Turntable over £3000'. |