THORENS TD 2010, User Manual

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Only a painstakingly aligned pickup cartridge is able to
compliment the outstanding sonic capabilities and poten-
tial of this record player. If you consider the alignment too
difficult to be carried out by yourself, do not hesitate to ask
your Thorens dealer for a helping hand.
ATTENTION: When aligning the cartridge great
care is once more obligatory in order to avoid that
the delicate stylus or sensitive parts of the tone-
arm are being damaged. If you are a newcomer
without any experience it is better to leave this
work to an expert who knows the specific char-
acteristics of most cartridges. A badly aligned
pickup cartridge will be well on the way to yield
bad sound and to damage your records!
Azimuth: This is the angle between cantilever and record
groove. It should be exactly 90° (excluding those cartridg-
es in which the cantilever has purposely been installed with
a slight offset). Azimuth can be adjusted neither on the TP
250 nor on the TP 300. It is therefore most important that
a cartridge with precise azimuth is going to be mounted.
Alignment of pickup cartridge
Offset: this is the angle between the longitudinal axis of
the pickup cartridge and the tonearm’s longitudinal axis.
In all pivoted tonearms (like TP 250 and TP 300) the opti-
mum angle is to be found between 21° and 24°. The spe-
cial cartridge alignment gauge required for this adjustment
may be available from your Thorens dealer.
Overhang: this is the distance between the stylus tip and
the centre of the platter spindle. For the TP 250 and TP
300 the overhang should be 17 mm. The special cartridge
alignment gauge required for this adjustment may be avail-
able from your Thorens dealer.
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