It looks nicely designed and built.
But be careful, it requires that your arm has a precise mark for its pivot, and that the jig can align accurately to it.
If it does not, then you need a two-point protractor.
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It looks nicely designed and built.
But be careful, it requires that your arm has a precise mark for its pivot, and that the jig can align accurately to it.
If it does not, then you need a two-point protractor.
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The geodisc uses a similar principle. You have to guess your bang on too
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The geodisc uses a similar principle. You have to guess your bang on too
You up as well Grant
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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All very interesting and well, but in the real world the main source of alignment error is the individual doing the setup, not minute differences in spindle-pivot distance. The SMARTractor may be a development of existing principles and ideas but it is designed and made in such a way that, after a few minutes of sighting practice, it is very easy to align a cartridge's cantilever (not the body, which may be considerably 'off' in relation to the cantilever) to a fine degree of accuracy. Acoustical Systems have sought to design out most of the scope for human error, and I applaud that. As I have stated earlier in this thread, it is possible to align a cartridge to 100% accuracy without this sort of tool, but I doubt that many people achieve that in practice. I do sell the SMARTractor because it's a great product that, despite its price, sells itself when people have the chance to play with it, but I most certainly won't get rich from selling it.Originally Posted by John Gordon
Not strictly correct. Where there is no precise mark, the SMARTractor's circular calibrated sighting disc on top of the tonearm pivot rod means that it's reasonably possible to locate the actual pivot point with accuracy; however there will of course be certain arms where even that's not possible. Acoustical Systems have done everything that is reasonably practicable to design the SMARTractor to overcome such issues
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This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Unhappy with the alignment tools supplied with the turntables I've had in the past, I did my research, and made my own templates. I recall when Fremer posted those graphs on Analog Planet, which shed some light on exactly what is happening with the different alignments. It's been a few years, so I won't get technical, but I think it greatly depends on the tonearm/table as to which alignment may work best. I made my own gauges from heavy card stock, steel ruler and hole punch, and a razor knife and made one for each. I eventually decided my 'table worked best with Lofgren. (My previous table) my present table seems best with the Uni-Din alignment.
But. While I enjoyed making my own templates and working things out for myself, it was a time consuming undertaking. And this Smartractor obviously has it beat! With the mirrored surface and built in optics. And I know it to be a fact, that many high end table owners who have super expensive gear, do not have good alignments. This could be the cure for them, as it allows everyone to be confident their alignment is correct. Wish I had thought of it!
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After reading about it in this thread, bought a Smartractor. It may be the best analog purchase I have made. It even works, if you are patient, with Deccas...which is no mean feat. Works very well on my modified Lenco and Oracle. Bottom line: my records have never sounded better.
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well what are we waiting for then?
lets all chip in a get a forum one!
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