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Fozgometer?

Just yesterday read in Stereophile about this new tool for setting azimuth electrically. Sounds interesting, but also IMO is slightly borderline for myself to decide whether the cost ($250) would justify buying such a tool?

Downside with myself, is my Arm is not adjustable in azimuth, unless I maybe throw a Pipe Wrench on the Armtube?

Still, would be interesting to get other's opinions, and hopefully soon, some user's accounts of such a tool? Mark
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tfkaudio
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I'll try it again with a 1Khz test tone and report back...

Tom
tfkaudio
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I purchased a Fozgometer several weeks ago, and I have not had much luck with it. The needle jumps around too much to get a good reading. The manual does indicate that this may happen with undamped unipivot tonearms, which is what I have (JMW9 Signature). I suppose I could add damping fluid and try again, but if I'm not planning on using the TT with damping fluid, it seems like a waste of time.

Also, I didn't have the Acoustic Sounds test record. I have the Hi-Fi News test record. The difference is that, instead of a 1khz tone, it has a pink noise tone. I doubt if that would make a difference, though. Either should work.
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