Are cartridge alignment protractors universal?
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Are cartridge alignment protractors universal?
Steps to Line up Your Turntable Protractor. There are cartridge-specific protractors that work to align specific types of cartridges. There are also universal phono cartridge alignment protractors that will work for any type of cartridge mounting.
How do you use the DR feickert protractor?
To use the Feickert, align the pointer over the pivot of the tonearm. The next step is to simply adjust the cartridge so that the stylus drops exactly on the ‘Overhang’ point on the metal gauge. Lastly place the stylus on the outer alignment grid, and by eye set the cartridge exactly in-line with the markings.
How do you use a Hudson hifi protractor?
Align Your Cartridge
- Place this protractor on your turntable platter with hole over spindle.
- Move cartridge/ tonearm until stylus rests exactly on center of bulls eye.
- Move cartridge/ tonearm until stylus rests exactly on center of inner bulls-eye (66.04mm radius), Rotate protractor around spindle as required.
What is pivot to spindle?
Spindle-to-Pivot distance is the distance from the center of the platter spindle to the vertical axis point of the tonearm. The vertical axis is the point around which the tonearm shaft and counterweight revolve as the needle moves along the playing band of the record.
What is tone arm overhang?
Overhang: This is a distance how much is diamond tip over the centre of the record from direction of the horizontal bearing of the tonearm. It is only a starting point of setting up tonearm & cartridge tangential geometry for pivoted tonearms. Optimal overhang does not mean that cartridge is properly set up in tonearm.
What is tonearm offset angle?
The offset angle of the tonearm, as seen in Fig. 1, is taken from an imaginary line drawn from the pivot center through the stylus tip and a line parallel to the cartridge body through the stylus tip. Itasically, this angle is a result of design specifi- cation and not a measurement after the fact of assembly.
Does stylus overhang matter?
Overhang: As the stylus tracks across the record, it is important that the stylus remain tangent to the groove. Setting overhang we are aligning the cartridge to follow that ideal arc across the record. In a radial tracking tonearm, there are only a couple of points when it actually is tangent (null points).
Are longer Tonearms better?
A longer tonearm is better at maintaining the right tracking angle for the needle as it tracks across the record. Theoretically, the longer the tonearm the longer it will maintain the correct angle. There’s a trade-off, though…a longer arm tube is less rigid and that also affects performance.
What is effective tonearm length?
The “effective length” is equal to the pivot to spindle distance plus the overhang.
