@goldeneardoc Your stylus is Nude Fritz Gyger 80 which is similar to Ortofon Replicant 100 stylus. Read this, there are better illustration of what hdm said: https://www.ortofon.com/hifi/products/hifi-cartridges/mc-anna/set-up
Can't set rake angle right even lowest VTA (digital microscope checked)
Following Michael Fremer's instruction (makes sense) to set up stylus rake angle with digital microscope (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otysEyET6yE) and found that with lowest VTA setting, my angle is 96 degrees (from starting point of 102 degrees! when arm is parallel to the record with the target of 92 +/-1 degree). Cartridge is Ortofon Kontrapunkt C (recommended VTA 20 degrees, now at 23 degrees), VPI 10.5" arm. It definitely sounds a whole lot better esp mid range and high but arm/stylus almost had no clearance to the record. This is weird and I shouldn't need to set the height at the bottom of the tonearm tower. Tracking weight is 2.6 gm within recommended range.
Thoughts are appreciated.
Thoughts are appreciated.
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Everyone should look at this picture to understand how to meassure correct SRA with the most compliacated diamonds like Fritz Gyger 80 or Ortofon Repliacant 100. If someone is trying to make the whole diamond perpendicular to the record surface by lowering the arm then it is incorrect when it comes to FG or Replicant 100 shape. It is not a tonearm problem, but just the way a person meassure SRA with digital microscope. |