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I don't think so....

Here is what the difference looks like. The red line represents harmonic distortion at a stylus tip velocity of 10-cm/s.

Löfgren's alignment has lower RMS distortion, but it achieves that by having significantly higher inner groove distortion and slightly higher outer groove distortion. Personally I don't think that's such a good idea.

Baerwald's alignment has equal distortion at the three points of maximum distortion. I like that idea.

Now, these graphs are based on innermost and outermost groove radii of 60.325-mm and 146.05-mm respectively. Consequently, if you measure your LPs and determine they are different, say 65-mm and 145-mm for example, you can simply calculate a new set of Baerwald null-points for those parameters. In other words, if hardly any of your LPs have innermost grooves smaller than 65-mm, you will be better off calculating new Baerwald null-points than switching to Löfgren.

At any rate, I believe Baerwald's alignment is best, but you don't necessarily need to stick with null-points of 66-mm and 121-mm if your LPs do not conform to the specified innermost and outermost groove radii of 63-mm and 146-mm. You can easily calculate a new set of null-points using my spreadsheet, which can be downloaded at the link below.



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