Cartridge alignment channel balance measurements?


I'm curious as to how people go about measuring channel balance when adjusting your cartridge alignment? If you are performing measurements, what is your accuracy tolerances?
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Be sure to read on down that thread on the importance of using a bandpass filter at 1kHz, or you won't get the desired results.
James,

The filter is not needed if you have an oscilloscope to measure the channels. You will need the filter if you use a DMM to take the measurements. I don't know exactly how steep the slopes need to be, but 12 dB should be ok as a start. If you search the web there are filter calculators to help with the component values. If you go this route just find a bread board and put the filter together that way. Use the cheapest components you can find.