Micro Seiki MAX-282
(1981 - 1988)

Superlative transcription length vinyl LP tonearm developped at the time of the SX-8000 series with a patented pivot system.
The MAX-282 is based on a three-point gyroscopic mount for vanishingly low horizontal and vertical friction. Once properly balanced, the tracking force is applied around the pivot not by a counterwieght but by a precision torsion bar ; this system keeps the MAX-282 in balance even if the turntable isn't perfectly level and also enables better tracking of warper or eccentric records with no fluctuation of the stylus force.
The arm base is machined from solid brass and made to be mounted on the turntable on a massive stabilizer, also machnined from solid brass. Height adjustment is provided by a double collet chuckle system - so solid a system that the entire turntable could be lifted by the MAX-282 !
Fluid damping can be applied at the pivot with the aid of two different oils of different viscosities.

Three interchangeable tapered tonearm tubes are available:
XP 282SM : straight, low mass, high-stregth aluminium, integral, milled headshell
XP 282SC : medium mass titanium with integral, milled headshell
XP 282AU : medium mass titanium with detachable EIA standard headshell
Internal wiring is of non-oxidized copper coaxial cables ; external wiring is of teflon-shielded, non-oxidized copper cable with hard gold-plated terminals within a solid steel casing.

When this catalog was printed, Micro Seiki was distributed in the USA by Scientific Audio Electronics or SAE as commonly referred to :)