Stylus force digital scales

I very much agree that the Shure scale is good enough. After getting the VTF in the "ballpark", you should experiment with a little more, and a little less to find the optimum for your cartridge. All that Dougdeacon said is "golden", ...I have an electronic scale, but its really not needed.

lewn....speaking of azimuth.....In my experience, accurate azimuth is even more important than is exact vtf