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Bent Slightly Out of Shape

I scored an almost-mint Thorens TD-160 turntable last week and remembering back to the one I owned in the mid-70s, an ADC cartridge sounded very good on it. I found an ADC XLM Mk II for a reasonable price on Audio Asylum Trader and picked it up. The cartridge looks to be in good shape, other than the cantilever/stylus assembly is slightly skewed, not dead-ahead straight. My thinking is that when playing records, it will be pulled back to the correct angle by the groove-walls. Does that make sense or is it just wishful thinking? I went ahead and bought a brand-new Grado Blue also just as insurance, but I really want to install the ADC.
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discnik OP
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Thanks for the responses....I'll have a tech scope it out and see how that goes. My days of installing cartridges are long-gone, but vinyl is still my first love.
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discnik OP
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Not really, and some people might not notice, and as another member suggested, it may have come from the factory that way. I am going to install the Grado and have the ADC evaluated by my tech. At worst, I'll have it to use as a back-up, assuming it won't damage my vinyl.
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It took a month to get the cartridge installed in the headshell by a local tech known as Turtleman (not counting the 2-3 weeks it took me to decide to do it myself or farm that task out). I haven't even installed it yet because I'm already running a TD-145, a TD-320, and a TD-160 Super and one of the first two will probably have to be idled to use the 160. That project is on my to-do list over the next week or so. IMO, you can't go wrong with a Thorens.
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