ZYX R1000 airy cartridge - Azimuth help request - Heifetz

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ZYX R1000 airy cartridge - Azimuth help request

Greetings,
I have a new ZYX R1000 Airy and have been setting up the with special attention too the azimuth. The cantilever looks perfectly perpendicular and lined up with 'red line' under a magnifying glass. When the cartridge & cantilever sit 'correctly lined up to the lp surface' the vocal imaging is not centred. I checked with my fozgometer/hi fi test record (direct from tonearm and before phono stage/preamp) and the left/right channels are not equal.
When I adjust the azimuth to get equal output on both channels and then verify this with the vocal lp the image is perfectly centred. However, now the cartridge is not level with the lp and the cantilever does not look perpendicular at all. It all looks lop-sided.
I checked that the platter is level and lp too. The tt is Thorens 160B.
I don't know what is going on. My ear tells me one thing (with supporting evidence from the fozgometer) but eyes are warning me that it looks wrong. It's difficult to see but it looks like the actual stylus tip is readjusting itself, in relation to the cantilever a little to sit in the groove. I've gone back to the more visually correct set up for fear of damaging the stylus - but am dissatisfied with the balance and imaging.
I would be most grateful if someone can offer me advice.
Kind regards, Bob

"You have to leave something to your imagination"

Edits: 10/18/14

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Topic - ZYX R1000 airy cartridge - Azimuth help request - Heifetz 16:50:36 10/18/14 (8)

RE: ZYX R1000 airy cartridge - Azimuth help request - Heifetz 13:13:16 10/19/14 (0)

You Might Have a Defective Cartridge....... - Todd Krieger 22:50:17 10/18/14 (1)

RE: You Might Have a Defective Cartridge....... - Heifetz 01:36:54 10/19/14 (0)

RE: ZYX R1000 airy cartridge - Azimuth help request - Heifetz 18:47:08 10/18/14 (0)

Your ears are right - Brian Walsh 18:13:16 10/18/14 (3)

"Equalizing crosstalk between channels gets you in the ballpark"??? ... - andyr 03:44:10 10/19/14 (2)

The stylus is probably not properly set in the cantilever. nt - Ralph 10:04:20 10/20/14 (1)

Or the platter is off kilter :) nt - Ralph 10:06:36 10/20/14 (0)

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