Recessed Tonearm Armboards

My SOTA Sapphire has a recessed arm board, as it is part of the suspended sub-assembally. Thus, has to be free, slightly ‘floating’, below the outer body.

No issues. Would have been had I purchased a popular third party VTA on the fly mechanism, but I went with the Jelco BA-1 instead. But even then, could have bought 1/4” spacers.

Would have to be pretty recessed and small to restrict movement, seems to me, and at that point you would probably run into worse problems, depending on the height of the platter.

Thanks @bkeske - was having a hard time finding a picture to illustrate. Good to hear that you are not having any issues. As Lewm indicated, not every tonearm/table may have issues with recessed armboards. Not to cloud things, but there also is a platter to plinth or top of armboard height requirement that most tonearms require.

@millercarbon - click link for a picture to see what I'm talking about.

https://sotaturntables.com/restored-turntables/

Depends on the tonearm design, some tonearm counter weight can cause problem if the recessed opening is too small.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZY4AAOSw~OVWvyCg/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.analogueseduction.net/user/products/large/morch_dp8_16.jpg