I have a Feickert and a Smartractor and have numerous printed and cardboard protractors. It’s the Smartractor that gets used, along with a cheap perspex azimuth/VTA gauge. This latter is a starting point for final adjustment by ear. Bias is set initially with the blank track on The Enjoyment of Stereo from EMI and confirmed with the Hifi News test disc. Having tried UniDIN for several months I’ve reverted to Berwald DIN.
Cartridge alignment, WallyTractor, SmartTractor, oscilloscope and Analogmaigk.
I am building my new system in my second home in the US which I use only when I go to the US to work, and I will not have the benefit of having my partner and analog guru with me when I set up my table there.
To be clear she much rather have a new cartridge, tonearm, table or phono amp than nice jewelry, shoes or dresses, and 2 of the best hifi stores in the area are always asking for her opinion and sometimes to set up tables.
Until now, all I had to do was to put my record on the table of her choice, and enjoy the music.
During our dinner with her, we were discussing, what should I be doing and what tools to bring with me. I am an a mathematician and work with electrical engineers so I understand numbers so I like the idea of an oscilloscope and Analogmagik and I have done quite a few setups with the WallyTractor before I met her, but she swears by the SmartTractor and claims that the SmartTractor is more accurate, simpler and flexible.
My question then is, what is your opinion on the 2 protractors?
Please do not add another different one, I am not going to buy another one. :)
In her opinion the UNI alignment is superior to the new record in the Wally, and since pivot to spindle is never identical, the SmartTractor does a better job as it actually takes into account for those imperfections/discrepancies in the spindle to pivot distances, while the Wally does not.
If I am going to face the firing squad, I want to have some good different concepts.
I apologize for my English, until a few months ago I never discussed Hifi in English.
To be clear she much rather have a new cartridge, tonearm, table or phono amp than nice jewelry, shoes or dresses, and 2 of the best hifi stores in the area are always asking for her opinion and sometimes to set up tables.
Until now, all I had to do was to put my record on the table of her choice, and enjoy the music.
During our dinner with her, we were discussing, what should I be doing and what tools to bring with me. I am an a mathematician and work with electrical engineers so I understand numbers so I like the idea of an oscilloscope and Analogmagik and I have done quite a few setups with the WallyTractor before I met her, but she swears by the SmartTractor and claims that the SmartTractor is more accurate, simpler and flexible.
My question then is, what is your opinion on the 2 protractors?
Please do not add another different one, I am not going to buy another one. :)
In her opinion the UNI alignment is superior to the new record in the Wally, and since pivot to spindle is never identical, the SmartTractor does a better job as it actually takes into account for those imperfections/discrepancies in the spindle to pivot distances, while the Wally does not.
If I am going to face the firing squad, I want to have some good different concepts.
I apologize for my English, until a few months ago I never discussed Hifi in English.