Home Vinyl Asylum

Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ.

RE: Wally Tractor Universal... is it worth it?




Linear Offset is the distance "K" in the diagram above, which is the sine of the offset angle multiplied by tonearm effective length.

Linear offset is also the average of the two alignment null-point radii.

Brian Kearns wrote an excellent treatise on cartridge alignment, which is in the Vinyl Asylum FAQ. His definition of Linear offset is as follows:

Linear offset: The perpendicular distance between a line through a projection of the cantilever on the record surface, and the centre of the tonearm pivot.

Best regards,
John Elison



Edits: 09/29/16

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Amplified Parts  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
  • RE: Wally Tractor Universal... is it worth it? - John Elison 16:44:29 09/28/16 (0)

FAQ

Post a Message!

Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.