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In Reply to: RE: Mint lp Protractor arrived today. Four 1/2 hours later.... posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 31, 2009 at 00:04:22
Congratulations!
I know that cartridge alignment can be a tedious process. You might want to recheck everything tomorrow when you're fresh.
Are the null-points specified? If not, I wonder if you could measure them when you get a chance. I'm just curious about these kind of things.
Have fun with your new toy.
Best regards,
John Elison
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Some use Stevenson and some use Baerwald (or whatever we're calling it this week...). My understanding from him is that those are the two standard alignment geometries he uses but that he can do a custom aligment if you wish using any null points you desire.The fact that Yip has researched each table to determine which alignments will work on the stock arm configurations just underscores his attention to detail.
The one for my SL-1200MK2, for example, uses Stevenson (60.325 and 117.42) since very few cartridges can move far enough forward in the stock headshell to allow for Baerwald.
Edits: 03/31/09
I remember realigning the pickup on a number of Japanese direct drives for folks in college. Used index cards, on the spur-of-the-moment. I usually found what you found - could not pull the cartridge out far enough. I aligned to the inner 66mm null and had another beer.
Folks were invariably grateful.
Thank you for the information. That's exactly what I was wondering about.
Thanks again,
John Elison
Technics Baerwald protractor from him for those cartridge/headshell combo's that will allow it.
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