|
Vinyl Asylum Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ. |
|
|
|
Vinyl Asylum Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ. |
|
In Reply to: A different protractor for 12" arm? posted by Sea Monster on September 9, 2006 at 10:27:39:
the template that came with my Ikeda 407 was NOT to scale! I know it's hard to believe that something like this could happen, but it was off quite a bit (too short).If you used that template and it was not to scale, your arm would really be mounted way too short to ever get the alignment right using any method.
In my case, I had not problem aligning my Benz Ruby. But I have an articulated armboard. I just did a quick measurement from spindle to the center of the armboard arm post hole, adjusted it to the manual specs, and that was it. I was able to quickly align the Ruby using a standard DB protractor.
I will say that Garth is right about the Ikeda headshell being rather short and making the mounting and (more importantly) the connection of the cart pins more difficult (it's hard to squeeze in the supplied leads between the back of the cart and the headshell tube). However, if you get the correct 50mm distance between the stylus tip and headshell, I think the alignment would work out easily. The problem I had, was that there was no way to get that 50mm distance. There simply was insufficient room to move the cart rearwards to achieve this dimension. But like I said, having an articulated armboard makes all these potential problems go away.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- I don't know if you heard this caution before, but... - NewStevo 08:42:16 09/10/06 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
