Originally Posted by
serendipitydawg
I've bookmarked this thread & will print out the protractor & align a cartridge over the weekend.
Not sure what it'll be yet; a hot favourite is a pristine Grado F1+ I found in a box in the attic recently.
I will report back in due course.
Thanks again
It took until today to find time to use your protractor in earnest, Ken.
It all went according to plan except that it took much longer than anticipated.
My initial observations:
1) I am not sure my alignment skills are fully formed. So I will check it all again, tomorrow.
2) I need to get my eyes tested. And stop relying on pound shop reading glasses
3) I am amazed at the differences in sound quality caused by different mats. Initially I just used a bootlg Technics logo one
that was left with the deck. Then a sorbothane mat found with the Grado F1 plus cartridge in the attic. Finally a cork & rubber compound one that I bought cheaply on eBay to go with a Thorens TD160 I have. Better & better sound as I changed mats.
Still a work in progress then. More later
"The hi-fi fraternity is bizarre, full of dangerous amateurs" Tim de Paravicini Audio Magazine 1995
"Objective measurements in audio are primary, but they are useless unless they have been subjectively validated as predictors of musical accuracy Edgar Villchur Stereophile 2005
" What we cannot measure, we do not know" Lord Rayleigh