Free Cartridge Alignment Protractors | Vinyl Engine Helius Aureus protractor Suitable for the Helius Aureus tonearm only Heybrook Universal alignment protractor Universal two-point protractor that uses Heybrooks chosen null points of 63 5 and 120mm Linn Ittok LVX LVX+ protractor mounting template This tool is suitable for accurate mounting and alignment of all Linn mounting pattern
Protractor User Guide - Aligning Cartridges with Baerwald, Loefgren . . . Stuff protractor Finally, the “stuff protractor” When using a standard protractor we make the assumption that the cantilever is parallel to the cartridge body, that’s why we align the cartridge body with the grid But the correct thing to do is to align the cantilever with the grid Hmm, not that easy
Free Cartridge Alignment Protractors | Vinyl Engine Universal Stuff Protractor V 2 0 A mirror protractor, a variation on the classic two-point protractor - suitable for experienced users only! Kearns Universal Arc protractor The Arc protractor is suitable as a cartridge alignment protractor for specific tonearm lengths mounting distances only (see instructions enclosed)
Tools - Vinyl Engine Cartridge Alignment Protractors Cartridge set up made easy with our free downloadable protractors; Strobe Discs
A Guide To Arc Protractors - Vinyl Engine By using an improper protractor, you’re obtaining an effective length of 225mm and an angular offset of 23 2° This is because between the mounting distance indicated by the protractor and the real one, there is 9 7mm difference You now know that a 10mm difference will drive you nowhere! How low can you go? (Limbo Rock – Chubby Checker)
Guru Protractor Review - Vinyl Engine I'll assume here that the user is rotating the protractor during the first stage The angle formed by the two lines is equal to 15° - with a tonearm mounted at 222 mm that angle should be 14 22°, with a tonearm mounted at 215mm that angle should be 14 7° (both results come from the rega baerwald and technics baerwald arc protractors drawing)
Aligning using mirrored protractor - Vinyl Engine A 2-point protractor can be used with any arm With a 2-point protractor, set the stylus on the crosshairs of the outer grid, and square the cartridge to it Move to the inner grid, stylus on crosshairs If the cartridge angles toward the middle of the record, move it forward a bit, and start over
Overhang Shift Calculator - Vinyl Engine Note it is very difficult to accurately align a cartridge cantilever to a headshell and it is recommended that a two-point or arc protractor is used for best results Effective Length mm A value is required invalid input minimum value 150 maximum value 500
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VPI Tonearm Geometry Analysis - Vinyl Engine So there will always be a gap between your null points and the ones indicated on your protractor Most of the time, there won’t be any consequences because misalignment problems arise only in some extreme cases and you’re guessing that alignment is not that important as long as set-up is done properly and accurately