I’m a firm believer of a) putting the arm in the right place (pivot to spindle distance), and b) using the protractor that came with the arm. There are way too many people trying to force non-Baerwald arms into a Baerwald alignment IMHO!
How could a tonearm be non-Baerwald (or Baerwald or /non-/Stevenson etc. for that matter), unless it's linear tracking, of course?
How could a tonearm be non-Baerwald (or Baerwald or /non-/Stevenson etc. for that matter), unless it's linear tracking, of course?
Fancy protractors are just other profit-making objects. They have nothing more than paper giveaway ones from Rega for instance.
The best one I’ve used is the one that’s engraved the other side of my Thorens mat. Spot-on!
Headshell offset. To force a Baerwald alignment in a Stevenson geometry arm involves twisting the cart in the shell. Sure, it can be done, and will work fine, but I prefer just setting stuff as the designer intended rather than thinking my grasp of tonearm math is superior (which is almost certainly isn’t!). I’m actually far more concerned with mass/compliance and tip-profile, they are what really define clean tracking/tracing (assuming a decent turntable & arm) IME.
Cartridge alignment protractors like the Smartractor or Dr Feickart does anyone own one or have experience or them ?
Try "F-E-I-C-K-E-R-T".