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In Reply to: RE: Alignment, HiFi Test Record, Mystery Brand Turntable, and Frustration... posted by corgraham on June 25, 2009 at 21:02:49
The shape of the tonearm doesn't really matter. There's the pivot, the record and the cartridge. You could construct a cardboard box over the entire tonearm, and it would be impossible to say anything about the shape of the arm based on the motion of the cartridge. You can use any alignment with any arm as long as there's enough of a slot to get the cartridge shoved and twisted where it needs to go. IMHO, aligning with a record is fraught with pitfalls. Two-point methods are inherently difficult because you might need to go through dozens of iterations before the cartridge is correctly aligned on both grids. Download a copy of John Elison's spreadsheet at www.enjoythemusic.com, download a copy of my template generator at www.conradhoffman.com, then measure your pivot to spindle distance and see what's possible with your arm. It'll cost you nothing to print out an arc template to prove one way or another what alignments your arm will tolerate.
CH
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