wazza1503559969 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Hi All, I’m having a bit of a saga with getting a 401 plinth built there has been more than 1 issue - including needing the initial plinth rebuilt due to shipping damage (ie out of the plinth builders control) Anyway - I have been advised that the arm board on the replacement plinth will extend under the 401 at one point because they didnt have time to redesign an arm placement cavity or board for my particular arm/plinth combo I’m not really comfortable with this due to aesthetics and also it seems sub-optimal for the turntable itself to be overlying part of the armboard This was not really my vision of the plinth I wanted or paid for. I guess my question is - is the arm board underlying the record player likely to impact on sound? cheers W
Gryffles Posted March 20 Posted March 20 30 minutes ago, wazza1503559969 said: Hi All, I’m having a bit of a saga with getting a 401 plinth built there has been more than 1 issue - including needing the initial plinth rebuilt due to shipping damage (ie out of the plinth builders control) Anyway - I have been advised that the arm board on the replacement plinth will extend under the 401 at one point because they didnt have time to redesign an arm placement cavity or board for my particular arm/plinth combo I’m not really comfortable with this due to aesthetics and also it seems sub-optimal for the turntable itself to be overlying part of the armboard This was not really my vision of the plinth I wanted or paid for. I guess my question is - is the arm board underlying the record player likely to impact on sound? cheers W Who's building the plinth? I have no idea if it will impact sound however if its not what ou paid for then dont accept it. I have been mucked and around and my deposit stolen by a plinth builder previously
tonyd Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Hi W, A bit more information and some photos would be helpful to understand the problem.
e83cc Posted March 20 Posted March 20 9 hours ago, wazza1503559969 said: I have been advised that the arm board on the replacement plinth will extend under the 401 at one point because they didnt have time to redesign an arm placement cavity or board for my particular arm/plinth combo Avoid like the plague. Did the original plinth you ordered have this issue ? Sounds like they don't know what they are doing to me. I've built several plinths for 301/401's and never had an issue, but you do have to do a plan for the arm before you start. 1
PKay Posted March 20 Posted March 20 17 minutes ago, e83cc said: Avoid like the plague. Did the original plinth you ordered have this issue ? Sounds like they don't know what they are doing to me. I've built several plinths for 301/401's and never had an issue, but you do have to do a plan for the arm before you start. Probably too late unless he paid with credit card or PayPal. I would think any decent plinth builder would start with the arm in mind. I would avoid any that don’t.
wazza1503559969 Posted March 29 Author Posted March 29 Thanks for the replies, I explained the arm / player combo when I ordered the plinth When the original (damaged) plinth arrived, I test fitted the arm and player and found that the armboard placement did not suit my arm I explained the issue and provided the original arm install leaflet to the builder The second plinth was built without consultation with me on options to address the original plinth issue - I was then notified of the replacement plinth armboard issue after the build was complete ... I wont mention the builder, the purpose of this post was to get a sanity check on whether my concern was reasonable - the situation might still be resolved to my satisfaction. Thanks again for the feedback cheers,
e83cc Posted March 29 Posted March 29 8 hours ago, wazza1503559969 said: Thanks for the replies, I explained the arm / player combo when I ordered the plinth When the original (damaged) plinth arrived, I test fitted the arm and player and found that the armboard placement did not suit my arm I explained the issue and provided the original arm install leaflet to the builder The second plinth was built without consultation with me on options to address the original plinth issue - I was then notified of the replacement plinth armboard issue after the build was complete ... I wont mention the builder, the purpose of this post was to get a sanity check on whether my concern was reasonable - the situation might still be resolved to my satisfaction. Thanks again for the feedback cheers, Out of curiosity, what arm are you wanting to put on the plinth.
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