Thank you Atmasphere for the thoughts on materials used.
My Ares3 is Acrylic sandwiched with a center layer of aluminum. The top layer of acrylic was machined out down to the aluminum layer so that the same acrylic material used for the arm board is bolted directly to the aluminum. In other words, the arm board is the exact same construction and materials as the plinth which mirrors what you stated.
I will stay with this for sure (after the turntable does sound fabulous) and why fix what is not broken.
My Ares3 is Acrylic sandwiched with a center layer of aluminum. The top layer of acrylic was machined out down to the aluminum layer so that the same acrylic material used for the arm board is bolted directly to the aluminum. In other words, the arm board is the exact same construction and materials as the plinth which mirrors what you stated.
I will stay with this for sure (after the turntable does sound fabulous) and why fix what is not broken.