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Ortofon Cartridge Alignment Gauge Protractor

Product no.: ORT115

Usually 7-21 Days

£4.99

Price includes VAT, plus delivery

This plastic Ortofon protractor is a reliable way to ensure proper basic alignment

of your standard half-inch mount cartridge of any brand. The goal is to avoid

trackingerror that especially occurs as your needle plays songs towards the inner

part of the record.

ORTOFON PROTRACTOR/CARTRIDGE ALIGNMENT TOOL

An alignment protractor is used to find the correct distance from stylus tip to tonearm pivot.

When aligning a cartridge for tangency using the alignment protractor, it is essential to remember

that you are attempting to align the cantilever (and, hence, the stylus), not the cartridge body.

There is no guarantee that the cantilever is perfectly aligned within the cartridge body, so simply

aligning the cartridge body will not necessarily produce the desired result.

Furthermore, many cartridge bodies have non-parallel sides, making tangential alignment

of the cartridge body with the lines of tangency on the gauge virtually impossible.

An alignment protractor is a plastic template onto which are printed the null point(s) and

lines of tangency against which the cartridge should be aligned. The template is placed over

the turntable's spindle (made possible via a spindle-sized hole drilled in the template)

and placed against the platter.

Cartridge must be adjusted until the cantilever is parallel to the set of parallel lines. And this

should be achieved for both the indicated points.

When the cartridge's longitudinal axis is parallel with the horizontal lines,

tracking error will be at a minimum.

parallel with the horisontal lines, tracking error will be at a minimum.

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