JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES

I'm not familiar with that table, but have a JVC QL-Y66F.  When I first got it, the plinth was picking up all kinds of airborne vibration and I couldn't turn it up very loud without getting woofer pumping and distortion. 

If yours also has a large hollow plinth, this may be helpful.

I put a few pounds of plastic-clay inside the plinth, mostly around the edge, but also in any large empty spaces on the bottom of the board.

I found some feet here:

mnpctech.com

The ones that fit my table were the LARGE TECHNICS SL-1200MK DJ Turntable RISER ANTI-SKID Silver Aluminum Pedestal Feet

They are well made and look a lot better and seem to work much better than the springy stock feet.  I did both mods at once, so I can't say for sure which was more impactful.

Check the thready size on your table and see if they fit, if not, they have other sizes available.

Doing these things made a substantial difference in playback and sound quality.  I can play it at the loudest levels I listen at and it is currently my main table.  

By the way, I would blame the persons who packed the turntable, not UPS, for the damage.  If done right, the QL10 should have arrived in undamaged condition.  For one thing, I would not ship with the dust cover in place on top of the plinth; that puts stress on the cover every time the box is dropped or mishandled.  Likewise, the feet should not be in direct contact with the bottom of the box. The weight of the plinth should be borne by the solid structure of the plinth itself.  And finally, I would remove the motor from the plinth entirely, ship in two separate boxes, ideally.  Anyway, it's too late for that.  Mine came from California in fine shape (to me in Maryland).  Of course, it then took me 3 years to find a person who could repair the electronics of the TT101 itself. (I bought it in "broken" condition for a low price.)

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I would blame the persons who packed the turntable, not UPS, for the damage.

How can you assess responsibility without inspecting the package? Even the most carefully packaged shipment can suffer damage that results from a carrier's negligence.

My friend - the seller packed it like an idiot in exactly the opposite way you said - but ups have their hand in it too - contributory negligence. All said and done it’s all good now after good TLC. The risk you take with someone that doesn’t know the value of what they are selling despite careful instructions by me.

My thought was incomplete.  When I pack a delicate object for UPS or Fedex, or any shipper, I consider how a frustrated gorilla, given free rein to do everything except open the box, might damage the object. I allow for dropping the box about 6 feet and for crushing the box under a few hundred pounds of freight.  I allow for throwing the box a few feet, as well.  After that, if the object arrives with damage, it's really been badly abused in transit. However, a first principle for shipping a turntable is to separate and isolate dust cover, platter, and chassis from each other, in separate boxes if necessary. If that wasn't done, I would bet that UPS won't accept blame.  Getting them to accept blame for damage is in and of itself nothing short of a miracle.  So, cleeds, in this case there is evidence that the packer is at least partially culpable.