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The final sonic result of a tonearm alignment is
90% attention to detail and 10% patience.
Do take your time when aligning a tonearm/car-
tridge. You need a calm hand and a sharp eye (the
magnifier will help you with the later ...) - and
time.
Don’t stop till you have are sure that you have
aligned the cartridge’s stylus and cantilever
BEYOND ANY DOUBT on the spot and parallel
to the help lines.
You won’t do this any day and what you miss here
will show off any minute your stylus tracks the
groove.
A perfect mechanical alignment is the mandatory
base for the best possible sound your cartridge is
capable to deliver.
VTA, VTF, azimuth, SRA, antiskating (if any is
needed - depending on your tonearm) - all these
aspects come AFTER setting your tonearm’s
geometry straight.
When you have performed the steps displayed
in this manual you have laid the foundation of a
perfect tonearm set-up.
What comes next is the fine-tuning of your
specific cartridge’s performance by carefully
adjusting vertical tracking force (VTF) according
to your cartridge’s compliance, vertical tracking
angle (VTA) groove-compliant to your records,
azimuth according to the position of your stylus
relatively to the groove walls and - maybe -
antiskating or lateral balance.
All this comes after the UNI-Protractor has done
it’s job on the specific tonearm you wish to use
now.
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