Even the Mint LP system cannot take into account individual piece variations due to manufacturing tolerance variations, which at the level of the cartridge/cantilever can be significant. Any system that isn’t made specifically for your particular tonearm/cartridge combination is a compromise and cannot be totally accurate for all installations. It is definitely more accurate.Ĭlick to expand.The Mint LP system is by far the best I have used, and I own the Dennesen Soundtrakor (aluminum version) as well (formerly my go-to). Hopefully this helps- use a good protractor no matter what turntable you have and align it to the extremes. I aligned the stylus to the arc at the spindle and edge of the platter and yes (of course ) the sound was better! But seriously, it did sound better- just a touch more solid in the center image and the confidence knowing that the alignment was as good as I could make it. The Mint LP protractor helped quite a bit but when actually reading the instructions the recommendation was to align the stylus to the tonearm arc at the extremes- by the spindle and at the edge of the platter, and not just at the null points.įor years I have aligned the stylus to the arc just to the null points.Ī week or so ago I started to align the stylus to the extremes- the alignment that was "good" to the null points was way off at the extremes ! I find it not accurate enough for the best sounding alignment consistently, especially with more demanding cartridges and stylus shapes. Recently with my Technics turntable using the supplied alignment jig proved a crapshoot at best, sometimes good, sometimes not. Playing with turntables and LPs for decades yet we (I for sure) can always learn something new to help improve the sound.
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