Hi-Fi Demands You Properly Align Your Turntable 

thank you very much the Alignment Protractor Generator was very useful for my vintage turntable which is a bit strange model! An Onkyo CP700m. I was able to get the specifications and make the corresponding protractor. I'm very relieved because I couldn't get it anywhere, thanks!

Thanks, I was having trouble finding a guide for this!

Thanks, for the video - it helped me locate and print the protractors I was most interested in!

The Ortofon OM Pro headshell makes the left and right alignment challenging. All I have is a tip, no predominant headshell.

I have a 2m black cartridge with a technics sl1210gr2, do i fit the spacer that come with the turntable to the cartridge ?

I have a PioneerPL-518 with a blue Ortofon cart and headshell. How did you determine the overhang position? I’ve been looking for a gauge for the correct position and I’ve found nothing

Really you don't want to bias to the weight, there's a lot of factors involved groove depth where it is relevant on the platter record, if it's 1.25g set it between 0.5g -1g always keep it a bit under. there is a school of thought not to use anti bias st all, it's quite popular in Japan, something that uou have to tune in with your ear try headphones different cartridges work slightly different as well

It looks like vinylengine only lets members access these print offs and they aren’t accepting new members … ? I just bought a second hand JVC L-F210 turntable any idea where I can find this print file? Thanks so much.

You could just get a Concorde for your 1200 and be done. Perfect alignment right out of the box and no need to mess around with a protractor (or whatever they call those things). I get it that you perhaps would want another cartridge, perhaps one of the Audio-Technicas with a Micro-Line stylus. They will have lower distortion figures due to the more advanced diamond cut. But with a good Ortofon needle it's already lower than whatever is one the record. It's quite simply real hard to beat a Concorde on a Technics table. They could have made the Concordes a few grams lighter though or allow you to add/reduce weight like you can on the regular Ortofon OM-series

I cant download the vinyl engine link

Is cartridge scale and pivot-to-spindle measuing tool really necessary?

Baerwald is not exactly good for Technics tonearms geometry. It´s best to stick with usual Technics overhang gauge with Technics S tonearms.

Taka mała uwaga ten szablon Bearwald jest na 232.82 mm (23,66m) standard i geometria ramienia tehnics to 230mm (215mm 15mm) i 52 mm overhang. moim zdaniem ten szablon nie jest przeznaczony do tej geometrii ramienia , gdyby tak było technics nie dawał by swojej władnej geometri z prostym ustawieniem na 52mm.

Let me see if I understand. So if you're over / past the arc, move the cartridge back in the headshell - until the stylus hits the arc. And in the end, you make sure that the cantilever / cartridge is tangential / parallel with the inner and outer null point 'grid' - and this has to occur while the stylus itself is able to track / make physical contact with the entire arc. Oh well, seems pretty easy. (It isn't 😉)

Vinyl engine is no longer accepting new members.

OMG you have got to be kidding? I would rather watch paint dry at this point 🤣