My experience with changing azimuth


After all the recent threads about adjusting azimuth here and on AA, I ran across an article written by Joel Durand, http://www.durand-tonearms.com/index.php?p=1_9_Azimuth-talk, on what to listen for when adjusting azimuth by ear. Fortunately, adjustment was fairly straightforward on my Triplanar using a Ella Fitzgerald mono LP. It only took ~10 minutes to dial in the correct setting, but it was the best 10 minutes I've spent in a long time. The differences are not subtle and am now spending the afternoon re-listening to all the subtleties that I've missed from having the azimuth off.

- Doc
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I just tried it, wow! what a difference. My cartridge body is not perfectly perpendicular to the record, but wow, you cannot go by that, I learned something today. I cannot believe what I am hearing! Quite a bit of trial and error and some stronger optics than my naked eyes. Thank you Doc for this very informative thread.