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In Reply to: RE: Mint lp Protractor arrived today. Four 1/2 hours later.... posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 31, 2009 at 00:04:22
But I'll be damned if I'm going to spend 4.5 hours aligning a cartridge until I'm nauseous. Nothing personal, please don't misunderstand. I'll just go with what I have, and if I'm missing that last nth of resolution or whatever, so be it.
My life's too short for that kind of exactness.
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"Don't quote me."
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Theoretically, the cartridge could be left in place forever (of course, I realize that there may be cantilever tolerance issues).
I was 19 or 20 when I first performed a two-null alignment - using the CartAlign "universal" protractor.
Using the universal seems to be much harder than the arc-type tool noted in this thread.
When I align cartidges now, I find that My fifty-year-old eyes can't focus with head as close as I would like it.
Anyway, my comment is that setting up a pickup gets easier with practice, and I vaguely remember frustration and that one beer seemed to help fine motor control.
OTOH, I have installed only one vinyl floor in my life - and that was an easy 5 by 8 bathroom with "soft goods".
I much refer the other vinyl.
Totally understand, but I didn't take the breaks I should have, and it's been a long time since I've squinted through a magnifying glass which is pretty fatiguing. My turntable wasn't in the most convenient position either.
I don't mind doing such things (once) because at least there seems to be real physics to justify it; I'm thinking back to my CD days running around trying green pens and cryogenically treated AC power chords...
I think I also saved myself over a thousand bucks since I'm not so inclined to upgrade carts.
Finally, in classical music the climaxes (the payoff) are usually placed in the worst part of the record. (Records should start from the center and work their way out) : )
...worth a couple of hours work and frustration to me if the net result is hours upon hours of musical enjoyment and the peace of mind that I'm inflicting the least amount of damage possible to my collection.
Is life too short to spend three hours rooting around on the floor in smelly used book stores and salvage shops looking for cheap records? Is life too short to spend 1/2 a Saturday tooling around town from yardsale to yardsale looking for cast off licorice biscuits of joy???
Me thinks NOT my friend! :)
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