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Question to VPI tonearm owners

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Posted on September 27, 2020 at 22:02:24
mondial
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Hi fellow inmates

A friend of mine sent me this picture , I told him to make the alignment jig flat on the platter before doing his alignment , I told him his setup will be way off ( overhang , pivot to spindle distance I reckon ) or is it ok to do the setup we're in the position of the jig is not flat on the platter . Please clear this up for me .

Thanks in advance & stay safe ,

Mondial

 

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RE: Question to VPI tonearm owners , posted on September 27, 2020 at 23:34:17
slovell1
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 Completely flat on the platter and snug.

 

RE: Yup. Avoid the dreaded hypotenuse. (nt), posted on September 28, 2020 at 02:02:34
B. Scarpia

 

Yes it should be......., posted on September 28, 2020 at 07:04:38
StevieRay
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Location: Virginia
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 ....flat and so on.

But at the end of the day, IMHO, microscopic neurosis of cartridge alignment will just make you go insane.

Sure, you can present graphs and charts all day long showing the distortion of various grove geometry errors, but at the end of the day the stylus in the groove has so much inherent distortion....but still sounds better than a cold disc (CD) or even some hi-res digital.

YMMV....that's just my opinion but I know I'm an idiot; no one needs to tell me that...

 

well you're an awfully wise and experienced idiot, posted on September 28, 2020 at 07:40:53
Story
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 haven't seen you around here much, but it sounds good to me because every setup is only as good as the mechanic's hands & tools, and what he does with them.

And there's nothing better than a good vinyl setup although others will disagree. That's fine as long as happiness rules the nighttime hours.



 

RE: Question to VPI tonearm owners , posted on September 28, 2020 at 17:28:13
mondial
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 Thanks very much guys for your replies . Really appreciate it . Stay safe fellow inmates .!

 

RE: Question to VPI tonearm owners , posted on September 29, 2020 at 00:07:15
mraudio
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Location: Northern Colorado
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 Here is a setup video that shows and discusses this:

The jig part starts at 5:15

 

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