domenn said:
is the Analog studio mirrored cartridge aligment protractor correct tool for Rega tables and for all cartridges ?
Stevebrock what aligment do You use ? I've set VTF 1,75 using my digital scale but on the tonearm dial it shows something over 2 , how can it be so inaccurate ? It means that people with no scale setting VTF on dial they using wrong tracking force , may be 1,5 or less?
I use the Rega aligment protractor!
The VTF tracking dial on Rega arms is only really a guide!
I set everything to 0, both VTF Dial and Bias
Then I balance the arm to so its hovering over the platter by 1mm by adjusting the counter weight
I then dial in desired tracking weight
Then have a quick check on the scales what the Actual tracking force is then adjust VTF to get the desired force as indicated on the scale
I experiment with the bias
£40-50 is a joke - its a 15 min job! Fit the cart self as long as you take your time, have all tools to hand and use a stylus guard.