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Posted by imrer (A) on November 1, 2004 at 19:04:17

In Reply to: Re: d'oh (insert head slap here) posted by Rob Doorack on November 1, 2004 at 07:53:56:

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the continued help. What I meant by asking about a properly set up Horizon is based on using the RB250 that comes with the table.

It's been befuddling, but fascinating to read about all the issues swirling around with proper alignment in general and dealing with the clearaudio tool specifically.

I got confirmation from the Nott importer that the spindle/pivot distance is 222mm. So fine. I put tool on the spindle, set the clearaudio slide arm to read 222mm and arrange the arm so that the pivot point coincides with the little dropdown needle on the clearaudio arm.

However, even with my cartridge extended to the very end of the headshell screw grooves, the stylus was still a tiny bit short of the indent in the circle. Is this because the cartridge (Dynavector karat 17d2) is small? Or is the arm or armboard incorrectly made?

As you suggested, I changed the distance to 19.5mm (approx) and was able to get it into the bullseye (so what does that make my overhang?). Just finished trying to align the stylus to the grid, and re-set the VTA and VTF and put the anti-skate to a little less than 2 to match my vtf of about 1.9grams.

Will spin some records tonight to see how it goes. I'm hoping I didn't screw up the needle with all this tweeking.

BTW, I'm in Seattle. Don't imagine that's where you are? Maybe I'll go to the local Nott' dealer (I bought the table while in a different state) and beg for a lesson in setup.

Thanks again for the information.

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Topic - need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - imrer 16:56:43 10/30/04 (12)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - kyle 23:03:19 10/31/04 (0)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - Rob Doorack 08:37:32 10/31/04 (7)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - imrer 10:57:05 10/31/04 (6)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - Rob Doorack 12:19:42 10/31/04 (5)

d'oh (insert head slap here) - imrer 12:56:28 10/31/04 (4)

Re: d'oh (insert head slap here) - Rob Doorack 07:53:56 11/01/04 (3)

not picky - imrer 19:04:17 11/01/04 (2)

Re: not picky - Rob Doorack 07:53:55 11/02/04 (1)

Re: not picky - imrer 13:11:41 11/02/04 (0)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - Eric H 23:42:45 10/30/04 (0)

Re: need help with nott horizon/rb250 setup (overhang) - Fred J 18:18:44 10/30/04 (1)

thanks, but ... - imrer 23:09:38 10/30/04 (0)

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not picky - imrer 19:04:17 11/01/04 (2)

Re: not picky - Rob Doorack 07:53:55 11/02/04 (1)

Re: not picky - imrer 13:11:41 11/02/04 (0)

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