Wow! I'm simply amazed...

Posted by John Elison (A) on August 18, 2012 at 13:06:29

In Reply to: RE: Overhang posted by jupiterboy on August 18, 2012 at 08:24:43:

I've owned several Audio Technica cartridges over the years and I guess I've never read their instructions. I just pulled out the box from my old OC9ML/II and you are absolutely right about the overhang instructions. They specify 15-mm overhang for my OC9ML/II and the little plastic thing used to carry the cartridge in its box has a cutout that is supposed to be placed against the platter spindle and there is a scale on the plastic with a mark at 15-mm.

The reason for this is probably because most Japanese tonearms specify 15-mm overhang. In fact, Rega even specifies 15-mm overhang. I have no idea why this is the case, but I suspect that very few tonearm manufacturers know much if anything about tonearm alignment geometry. There are countless Japanese tonearms having slightly different lengths, yet they all specify 15-mm overhang. I'm surprised the instructions with your Audio Tehcnica cartridge specifies a 12-mm overhang. Anyway, I certainly learned something surprising today.

Best regards,
John Elison

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