SYT-5 samples are in the mail heading my way via air mail. Everything looks ok according to photos I have received with 3 exceptions:
1) the threaded base piece is much longer than expected because the factory made an alteration to accommodate the new bottom threaded shock mount. I do not think I will be able to change this as all of the base pieces have already been machined and plated and I do not want to further delay shipment of the microphones. I will have new base pieces made with shorter threading and make those available as a separate item.
Hi Chung,
Just a question: If us mic builders can't use the base piece (that is what I am gathering?) and you have to have new base pieces made anyway (we will have to wait anyway, which is OK at least for me), couldn't you just have the factory correct the problem? Regardless of the machining and plating for these base pieces, isn't the problem due to the factory not following your spec?
Please clarify.
Cheers,
Chris
The base piece in it's current "longer than expected" configuration is 100% functional and actually looks fine when attached to the threaded shock mount. The reason I am not pushing further at this point is people have been waiting a VERY long time for these bodies, and I feel obligated to make them available right away as long as all of the function-critical details are ok.
I have pushed this factory through quite a few iterations. .. MANY more than I would have been able to with Alctron particularly on the mesh specifications. What appear to be very simple specifications or alterations are not easy to get pushed all the way through to the factory floor to get done correctly. If I press for a fix right now, they may stall me for another month or 3 before I get the part that I really need and who knows what other specifications might get "broken" in the meantime when they forget what the original specs were supposed to be.
So, I've decided to verify all other parameters for now and request the corrected part be manufactured separately.