JBL S4700 Seems to be poorly made!
I just recently paid $12000 for a pair of JBL S4700 speakers down here in Australia. A dream come true, YET when I opened the boxes and unpacked the speakers I found as I tried to screw on the isolation spikes, all BUT ONE screwed on smoothly! One of them required me using pliers to screw it down as the internal thread was not cut exactly!!! I felt sick to my stomach, I was enormously cautious and screwed it down without damage or scratches. However all I could think was that this would not occur on a $12000 (with a RRP of $20K!) pair of top tier speakers from many other hi end makers. It really saddened what began as probably the most exciting day I had experienced in years. Has anyone else had any problems from JBL's Synthesis range?
Designed and built in the US is good.
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BMWCCA
Is there a possibility that the spike was cross-threaded during your installation? Depending on how much force was required it's either a non-issue or a person more mechanically inclined would have chased or re-tapped the threads first.
Either way I think it's time to forget about it and enjoy the speakers!
Thanks, I can assure you it was the internal thread, I am an engineer. More importantly, having just spent twelve thousand dollars on speakers I don't believe the onus is on the purchaser to fix a manufacturing fault, let alone one on a top tier product. Small problem for sure, however maybe having a reputable Quality Assurance Program, and in my opinion building Synthesis products in America may have alleviated such a problem. Rest assured, I have been a JBL lover and collector for years and I still love them. I don't however accept the companies exemplary history and brand being diluted by managements' decision to build their products in Mexico, thereby lowering standards and value. As you know, JBL is so awesome they design and build drivers, what next? They start importing drivers from China. God I hope not! Can you imagine if the board of Gibson guitars started making Les Pauls in Chihuahua!