27-Jul-2015, 09:02
Manoet - you're right! It is metal. I should never have doubted! It's not totally obvious and the inside of the base has what look like injection moulding 'discs' at different intervals. It does definitely ring if you tap it in the right place though, and the dead giveaway is a little lug at the front which has been milled away very slightly exposing silver.
I also took a look at the binding posts - yes I can see they're pretty straightforward to swap but just need the right-shaped spanner to tighten the nuts on the inside as they're quite close to each other.
I took the opportunity to torque the bolts on the case too with my Wera torque driver - I tend to set it to 1Nm per bolt. I haven't sat down to listen to hear if different torques sound better or not.
I also took a look at the binding posts - yes I can see they're pretty straightforward to swap but just need the right-shaped spanner to tighten the nuts on the inside as they're quite close to each other.
I took the opportunity to torque the bolts on the case too with my Wera torque driver - I tend to set it to 1Nm per bolt. I haven't sat down to listen to hear if different torques sound better or not.
