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I have my cartridge(Dynavecter10x4) set up in my Rega P2 with the Baerwald Protractor. I also have the tracking force at a proper wt. When I look head on from the front of the cartridge the stylus is bending slightly towards the right. How do I adjust the cart. to get the stylus perpendicular to the record surface. There is some distortion on higher frequencies and possibly this is the cause of it. Anyway I would appreciate any suggestions . Thanks.
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Stevenson gives me a tiny bit more cloudy sound on my P25.Baerward slightly cleaner and more snappy.
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...which has been raised here before.Unfortunely, this is due to slightly mis-aligned bearings in the arm-tube itself (i.e. machined out of true), the tube is slightly tilted in the yolk, and it isn't fixable. I had to return a new RB250 someyears ago becuase it was badly askew.
I suggested a work around a while back which might work (I havn't actually tried it) if the deck on your Dynavector is metal (plastic might be too deformable, I don't know);
A length of thin, solid wire between the the 'deck' of the cartridge and the headshell, running fore-aft, exactly centrally between the bolts would (theoretically) allow you to adjust it's azimuth.
You could locate the wire before you mount the cartridge with a tiny amount of non-permanent glue or non-setting automotive gasket-compound.
Some Ortofon cartridges have a ridge on their mounting surface that facilitates the same thing.
The resulting alignment sounds better too.
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A small mirror will readily show azimuth error in the reflection.
Assuming you're using a protractor that has a circle or some other marking for the null points, and parallel lines........just loosen the cartridge screws and twist your cartridge (back of cart. towards right, looking from front) under the headshell until the cantilever lines up perfectly straight with the line leading into the center of the null marking -- looking from front. I use a magnifying lense and a small light when I do this. Find the right spot for a light so you can clearly determine when the cantilever is perfectly aligned with that line on your protractor.
Which is what I understood it to be (since he mentioned sylus & not cantilever), use some shims under one side of cartridge to tilt it vertically. Plastic shim material may be cut from Margerine lids or the like or use cardboard for shim material.
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