Ortofon Cadenza Black - Fritz Geiger club

[Wakefield Turntables]

I'm alright Rob, thanks for asking, yourself? I've hardly listened to the cart TBH, I've been buggering about with Idlers and vintage MM carts. I finally settled on the Cadena Blacks FGS settings and it's stayed in place since on my SME V/1210 combo. I honestly think it probably needs another 25-40 hours before things loosen up a little. I think I've had less than 20 hours on it so far, yes I know, a travesty. I have a day off tomorrow so I might add a couple of hours. I should have really kept a tally on "burn-in" hours. I'll have a listen tomorrow and get back to this thread.

[RobbieGong]

I'm good thanks Andy, been off work so feel much more 'alive' chillin, listenin' tunes, enjoying system etc - back on Weds hey ho.

Again, nailed mine slightly tail down, not an exaggerated tail down though.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yep mine's sitting slightly tail down, in fact I have it sitting in exactly the same position before it was reworked by Killian. I had the bright idea of drawing a very faint pencil mark on the SME V for just such an occasion. My main problem was getting the vertical height of the tonearm, I rather stupidly moved it. I could have saved myself a lot of messing around and stress if I'd just left the bloody thing in place.

[RobbieGong]

Yep mine's sitting slightly tail down, in fact I have it sitting in exactly the same position before it was reworked by Killian. I had the bright idea of drawing a very faint pencil mark on the SME V for just such an occasion. My main problem was getting the vertical height of the tonearm, I rather stupidly moved it. I could have saved myself a lot of messing around and stress if I'd just left the bloody thing in place.

Yep, Make sure azimuth is spot on too Andy - place the needle on the record with one of those tiny 'weightless' spirit levels on top of the flat of the headshell and take a look.

Mine was out, which I corrected and then continued with vta dial in.......