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Clearaudio Concept Satisfy Carbon - Setup Help

Hello All, 

I'm looking for any experience or advice for the following issue: 

I recently switched cartridges on my Clearaudio Concept with the Satisfy Carbon tonearm.  I went from the Ortofon 2M black to a Nagaoka MP-500. 

After aligning the cartridge I adjusted the VTA by lowering the tonearm in order to bring it to parallel.  However, once achieving a parallel tonearm the result is that the stylus now has very little clearance (~1-1.5mm) between the platter w/ record. 

Is there anyway to independently raise the cue platform height on the Satisfy Carbon tonearm?  There is no info in the owners manual and I don't see a set screw that would obviously adjust the cue platform 

My initial thoughts on the Nagaoka are very positive and I'd like to keep it attached, but I'm worried with such little clearance I could easily break the stylus. 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 

Thanks! 

 

 

dsjs4

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Thanks for the replies and advice! 

@millercarbon based on your comment for total lift ~1cm, this may be the problem.  I'd say I have approximately half that based on rough measurement.  That seems all the more reason why I was thinking the cue lever height should be adjustable.  Maybe it has slowly lost damping fluid over time causing it drop in peak height overall?? That might be something I need to investigate with Clearaudio directly. 

@imhififan Thanks for the shim advice, that might be a good solution if I can't get the cue lever setup resolved.  Just for my knowledge, I can easily understand the "Anti-magnetic" symbol, but what is the second symbol reference? 

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