There's always the risk there is a item supplied from the so called 'Friday Effect ' where assembly is the work being carried out.
Worker become blind to certain parts which become discovered as not having been added to an assembly.
With Tonearms and as seen the same with Cart's, the more who are used to assemble, the more variations of an End Sound will be produced.
Items that look the same, but produce Sound with a discernible difference.