Dang my luck


I ordered a new Denon 103r.  It came in yesterday and after I attached it to my headshell and gently removed the guard a noticed the cantilever was leaning visibly to one side. If you look at the pic looking down the cantilever you can see it's not bent but looks like it goes into the body crooked. 

https://flic.kr/p/R3Ts5F

https://flic.kr/p/PX4FXh
last_lemming

Showing 2 responses by folkfreak

In my experience (including with much more expensive carts) this looks well within tolerances. Align to the cantilever and stylus (not the cartridge body) and you should have no issues

but if it bothers you and you can do s then return it
@last_lemming if you are referring to two degrees off on azimuth that's at the bounds of acceptable (see here) and may warrant returning