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FT3

Name: Sumiko FT3
Brand: Sumiko

Sumiko

Premier Series1984 – Present

AnalogTonearmsDiscontinued

Estimated price (community-sourced)

$475

About the FT3

The Sumiko Premier FT-3 is a stereo gimbal bearing tonearm featuring variable fluid damping, designed and manufactured in Japan by Jelco. Released in 1984 alongside the Alchemist high-output MC cartridges, it offers adjustable arm height, overhang, offset angle, azimuth, anti-skate, and VTA (with optional VTA-16 base). It includes a damping adjustment knob for low-compliance cartridges (below 10 x 10^-6 cm/dyne). Compared to the MMT, it has enhanced build quality and performance, though some components are similar. No longer in production, it is a vintage piece often found on used turntables like SOTA Sapphire.

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