The error might not even be for the worse. Go to the vinyl engine website & enter the overhanf #s etc & calculate the distortion. I know I will get it on this site but HTA is not as important as VTA & Azimuth unless grossly off. But use VE calculations to confirm. The distortion figures should be easy to come up with. Remeber many arms might natively have higher distortion than some longer arms. One caveat 222 is a fairly short effective length. But sometimes longer can be better.
How critical is alignment error??
I would appreciate advice regarding the following issue.
A tech recently installed a new tone arm on my old turntable base. The new arm has a spindle to pivot (S-P) distance of 222 MM. Upon return of the TT with the new arm, I noticed that the S-P distance was about 5 MM short, say 217 MM. I own a protractor and checked alignment. As I suspected, the cartridge overhang was about 3-4 MM over the sweet spot indicated on the protractor. BTW, I was able to move the cartridge back in the arm shell towards the pivot point, but even with the maximum adjustment, as stated, I was still off 3-4 MM.
My question is how much distortion will this error introduce in the playback? Ordinarily, I would ship the TT right back to the tech for adjustment, but I am reluctant to do so because of the possibility of damage from shipment. Further, I suspect that the fix will entail cutting out a part of the undercarriage in order to accomodate the larger arm and I suspect the tech will argue. The old arm had a S-P distance of 215 MM. If the error is signifant, I will have to reconsider what may next steps will be.
Thanks for your advice.
A tech recently installed a new tone arm on my old turntable base. The new arm has a spindle to pivot (S-P) distance of 222 MM. Upon return of the TT with the new arm, I noticed that the S-P distance was about 5 MM short, say 217 MM. I own a protractor and checked alignment. As I suspected, the cartridge overhang was about 3-4 MM over the sweet spot indicated on the protractor. BTW, I was able to move the cartridge back in the arm shell towards the pivot point, but even with the maximum adjustment, as stated, I was still off 3-4 MM.
My question is how much distortion will this error introduce in the playback? Ordinarily, I would ship the TT right back to the tech for adjustment, but I am reluctant to do so because of the possibility of damage from shipment. Further, I suspect that the fix will entail cutting out a part of the undercarriage in order to accomodate the larger arm and I suspect the tech will argue. The old arm had a S-P distance of 215 MM. If the error is signifant, I will have to reconsider what may next steps will be.
Thanks for your advice.