Anyone know what kind of alignment Funk Firm favour? Rega fitting. Some Rega-based arms require the cart to be slightly askew in the head shell to attain anything other than Stevenson, but that's not an option with the FXR.
Oh really? Mine has a little groove into which the arm slots, fixing the offset angle.What do you mean by "... but that's not an option with the FXR"? On mine, at least, the little bar screwed onto the cartridge end of the arm is infinitely rotatable in the horizontal plane.
Alex
Oh really? Mine has a little groove into which the arm slots, fixing the offset angle.
What do you mean by "... but that's not an option with the FXR"? On mine, at least, the little bar screwed onto the cartridge end of the arm is infinitely rotatable in the horizontal plane.
Alex
Can I ask what protractor you used?Hmm... I never noticed the groove, but I do remember having to rotate the bar to get the front of the cartridge to align with the lines on my protractor. I'll have a look at the weekend...
Alex
Can I ask what protractor you used?
It's not possible to fit that cartridge mount plate upside down with the groove on the bottom is it? That would explain why you have infinite adjustment. Looking at google images all of them seem to be grooved at an angle meaning the offset must be pre set?
Will do Dec. Although I'll give it some time this time. Every time I make a change to the vinyl set up I come on here and whine about it, only for it to end up sounding very nice a week later. It's finally dawned on me that the Gyro takes a really long time to settle after being moved around. The Funk will (perhaps) replace the Nima and an Audio Note I've been switching between neurotically. For some reason I decided that it would give me the best qualities of both.Sean, looking forward to hearing about your SQ impressions of this arm compared with its predecessor. Can you remind us what it’s replacing?
Will do Dec. Although I'll give it some time this time.
It's not possible to fit that cartridge mount plate upside down with the groove on the bottom is it? That would explain why you have infinite adjustment. Looking at google images all of them seem to be grooved at an angle meaning the offset must be pre set?
It’s good, isn’t it? What other arms have you used, Alex? I’m curious as to how it compares with higher end arms.OK, just checked - I did mount the bar the right way up (it has to be this way up, as the recesses for the bolt heads are on top), and I can see the groove for the spur at the end of the arm. So I'm in agreement that the alignment options are limited, as Sean says. It's just been a couple of years since I set it up.
And I'm in total agreement with Sean's impressions of the FX-R's performance!
Alex
It’s good, isn’t it? What other arms have you used, Alex? I’m curious as to how it compares with higher end arms.