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Catch 22 in turntable setup

Hey everyone,

I am just getting into vinyl - I have been given a Marantz 2270 receiver and I purchased a Technics 1210 mk2 table. The plan is to use this for casual home listening. I just received my new Grado black cartridge as well and I am having some issues with initial setup.

The information I have gathered from several places seem to contradict themselves. I used the Technics printable protractor from Vinylengine.com to mount the cartridge to the headshell. The technics manual says that the VTA should be set according to the cartridge height (Grado black = 17.5mm I believe), which puts the arm at a 2.5mm VTA. The instructions with the Grado say to make sure of a 90 degree angle between the cart and the record. When using the settings mentioned, I cannot seem to achieve this angle - the cart is aimed slightly upward.

Can anyone offer some input on where I may have gone wrong?

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks.
d40winker

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ezragreen
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every cartridge will be slightly different heighth. set the grado initially parallel (90) degrees to the record, regardless of heighth. Then if you want to try lowering the back of the cartridge a little to increase bass or change the balance experiment by ear. This tonearm does have a post which can be raised or lowered? Good luck. Not familiar with the vinyl engine download. But after getting the 90 deg, make sure cartridgge is as close to possible lined up to be parallel to the grooves at the 2 points on the record along the needles arc.
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