azimuth fiddlers beware!

[karma67]

well ive just spent a few hours i wont get back checking my azimuth,my arm has a fixed headshell so any adjustment must be made by either shimming the tonearm board or the cartridge.
i use the mirror method to site down the denon's vertical line that on the front of the cartridge.

easy you'd think,well yes my headshell appeared to not be parallel with the platter making the cartridge lean to the right,ok i shimmed the cartridge with a strip of masking tape to get the line on the cartridge at 90 degrees to the platter,all looked good in the mirror,time for some tunes,it sounds flat,WTF?

after checking the tonearm mounting collar is level in all directions,the plinth and platter level i i re set the cartridge alignment and still the same?
i tried the mirror method with the platter mat off and bingo its dead right,put the platter mate back on and its out again??
a straight edge on the platter mat reviled this!
no wonder its out,so fiddlers the moral of the story is check your mat first!
i wish i did


so the mirror is not horizontal to start with!
so

[farflungstar]

The Reed allows easy azimuth adjustment, but I always check the level of the vinyl before playing - if it's off, which can happen although the Tenuto Mat is level, it's simple to adjust the Reed to reflect this - but once the Tenuto is level and azimuth set this doesn't happen very often.

[karma67]

oh dear i fear a Tenuto Mat is on the cards lol

[Bigman80]

oh dear i fear a Tenuto Mat is on the cards lol

Spend the money mate. You've got loads

[karma67]

lol oh year i forgot that,im awaiting a call back from guy.
what thickness is is oli?

[Bigman80]

lol oh year i forgot that,im awaiting a call back from guy.
what thickness is is oli?

Mine is 5mm

I'd lend it you but I'm not prepared to live without it

[Bigman80]

Mine is 5mm

I'd lend it you but I'm not prepared to live without it

Can get my hands on a 3mm slightly lighter one if you require a bit less weight.

[karma67]

Can get my hands on a 3mm slightly lighter one if you require a bit less weight.

is it a second?

[Bigman80]

is it a second?

It is.

[Bigman80]

It is.

It has a surface blemish. But it is the old profile too which guy changed slightly in the new, heavier one.