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Here's what I mean

Any old headshell may fit the Pioneer... but it may change the geometry of the setup. Since you have no way of knowing -- exactly -- if you don't use the Pioneer headshell, if the geometry has changed, you have no way of knowing what alignment gauge will work.

You can use a generic protractor, but you have to know the tone arm effective length and the center spindle to center pivot specs of the tonearm to make a generic protractor work for you. Do you know these specs? If not, the supplied Pioneer gauge on the plinth does and it is the one you can use and know that you have things set up correctly.

I know that vintage Thorens TTs have alignment protractors available for download that you simply print out and use. I don't know if your Pioneer TT has such a thing.

So, that's all I'm saying. With enough information, you can use any headshell that will fit and any alignment protractor. But from your original post it didn't sound like you had enough of this information.



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  • Here's what I mean - creativepart 05:58:59 05/17/07 (1)

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