Arm board in cherry plinth

[da2222]

Hi

I'm about to order a cherry plinth from Russ Collision and am unsure whether to order separate arm boards or have a hole drilled directly into the plinth. Practical considerations aside, which approach do you think would offer better sound output? Thanks!

[Vrajbasi]

Hi

I'm about to order a cherry plinth from Russ Collision and am unsure whether to order separate arm boards or have a hole drilled directly into the plinth. Practical considerations aside, which approach do you think would offer better sound output? Thanks!

Not a simple one I have had a few plinths with a hole drilled in plinth by both collinson and bastin and also ones with removable boards, the conclusion I had I always preffered the latter, but this is mainly due to the simple fact I end up playing with different materials for the arm board and this greatly depends on the arm used. I have found for instance acrylic or wood does not work with modern arms they prefer brass while vintage sme arms like wood also different woods have there own characteristics. I have tried all sorts of boards over the years and found its not easy even with my sme model 30/12 I haven had custom boards made. The colinson plinth has the board screwd into the plinth I found by just putting a few washers between the board and the plinth helps alot with the sound for instance. So given a choice I would buy the removable board no doubt.

[da2222]

Very useful info, thanks. My arm is an Audio Technica AT 1005II (improved by Angus), so vintage enough to hopefully go well with wood.

Not a simple one I have had a few plinths with a hole drilled in plinth by both collinson and bastin and also ones with removable boards, the conclusion I had I always preffered the latter, but this is mainly due to the simple fact I end up playing with different materials for the arm board and this greatly depends on the arm used. I have found for instance acrylic or wood does not work with modern arms they prefer brass while vintage sme arms like wood also different woods have there own characteristics. I have tried all sorts of boards over the years and found its not easy even with my sme model 30/12 I haven had custom boards made. The colinson plinth has the board screwd into the plinth I found by just putting a few washers between the board and the plinth helps alot with the sound for instance. So given a choice I would buy the removable board no doubt.

[Vrajbasi]

Very useful info, thanks. My arm is an Audio Technica AT 1005II (improved by Angus), so vintage enough to hopefully go well with wood.

I would get a few boards made out of different materials to make sure as sound seems to be your major concern here.