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soulstiss
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This is a bit of a story, so bear with me, here:
I've been having some kinda difficulty finding Numark TT500 Pitch Faders. One of the main selling-points of the TT500 is the "user-replaceable pitch faders," but because I'm Canadian, I can't buy direct from Numark (and they immediately delete any email I send them). I've thought about getting an American to order it for me, but I'm afraid that they might receive the wrong part, as Intellimix (Canadian distributor for Numark) sent me the wrong part (two slider-pots with no circuit boards - a pitch fader consists of a slider pot soldered in six parts to a circuit board that has a clip at the bottom, making it very easy to replace the whole thing). Apparently, Intellimix only sells the pitch faders as two seperate parts to be soldered together by the customer (not exactly living up to Numark's 500 marketing campaign). I tend to favour Long & McQuade (Edmonton, AB) for most of my music-shopping, simply because the staff there have always been good to me. Luckily, they've been more patient with Intellimix than I would be - playing phone-tag, getting hung-up on... the last time my rep spoke to Intellimix, the latter asked my music rep to send a picture of the piece in-question! I've been dealing with this (yes, I've attempted to utilize other music shops in town and I've tried to get a hold of intellimix myself) since May 2008.
Ultimately, has anyone here ever had to deal with something like this? Does anyone have any suggestions?
My pocketbook may not be as expansive as other clients that Numark has, but I've been using Numark turntables for years (inter-changeable tone-arms, more pitch control in the 500's - +/-50% - which is probably why it's giving me such a hard time), and have stood up to the 1200's-fans out of blind loyalty (I'm one of those poor people who tries to eke out a living on their hobbies, and so Numark tends to be affordable). Maybe it's time I broke down and traded-up for Stantons?
I've been having some kinda difficulty finding Numark TT500 Pitch Faders. One of the main selling-points of the TT500 is the "user-replaceable pitch faders," but because I'm Canadian, I can't buy direct from Numark (and they immediately delete any email I send them). I've thought about getting an American to order it for me, but I'm afraid that they might receive the wrong part, as Intellimix (Canadian distributor for Numark) sent me the wrong part (two slider-pots with no circuit boards - a pitch fader consists of a slider pot soldered in six parts to a circuit board that has a clip at the bottom, making it very easy to replace the whole thing). Apparently, Intellimix only sells the pitch faders as two seperate parts to be soldered together by the customer (not exactly living up to Numark's 500 marketing campaign). I tend to favour Long & McQuade (Edmonton, AB) for most of my music-shopping, simply because the staff there have always been good to me. Luckily, they've been more patient with Intellimix than I would be - playing phone-tag, getting hung-up on... the last time my rep spoke to Intellimix, the latter asked my music rep to send a picture of the piece in-question! I've been dealing with this (yes, I've attempted to utilize other music shops in town and I've tried to get a hold of intellimix myself) since May 2008.
Ultimately, has anyone here ever had to deal with something like this? Does anyone have any suggestions?
My pocketbook may not be as expansive as other clients that Numark has, but I've been using Numark turntables for years (inter-changeable tone-arms, more pitch control in the 500's - +/-50% - which is probably why it's giving me such a hard time), and have stood up to the 1200's-fans out of blind loyalty (I'm one of those poor people who tries to eke out a living on their hobbies, and so Numark tends to be affordable). Maybe it's time I broke down and traded-up for Stantons?
- thought i couldn't ship them at the time but probably could've and used the voltage switch. oh well!