Turntable dealer/set up percon

fsonicsmith, With all due respect, how would any of us know when we are hearing "the perfect set-up"? We hear a system that sounds great and associate that with perfection; that's all we can do.

Yes, Lewm, I could not agree more. Flip it around for a moment. Someone, an expert, shows you what is possible and you go "whoa nellie, I had no idea!". 

Bull! I have Fremer's set up DVD. That dude made a lot of money off of that. I thought it would teach me all I needed to know. Not even 10%. If you have an expensive rig (say 10K or more inclusive of cartridge) hire Brian Walsh and you will agree that it was the best investment you ever made. Like Peter Lederman, Brian Walsh is a national treasure. I swear by it. 

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@fsonicsmith what setup info do you think is missing from Fremer's DVD?

Short answer-all the minute details.
The Fremer video takes the viewer through the basic set up of a turntable. Each of the variables are explained and demonstrated. What is lacking is experiential. The best analogy I can give is that you can watch a video on soldering audio circuits, but that will not make you good at doing it. Brian uses a mix of computer software programs coupled with a ton of experience. 
The people I most respect when they describe their set-up practices are those who talk about using their ears to fine-tune azimuth, VTF, and VTA to get the perfect combination. Very few possess that skill. Since each parameter affects the other, it is hit or miss even for those with the ability to do it by ear. Brian's methods eliminate the hit and miss. 
I spent many years using all sorts of tools-Mint, Feickert, Fozgometer, and I would sometimes get close, more by luck rather than by skill. Once you hear the perfect set-up, you understand how the old adage "close only counts with horse shoes and hand grenades" applies. 

I am sitting listening to James Mercer's (aka The Shins) "Wincing the Night Away" with my Thorens TD124 (hot-rodded-see my profile if interested) and Reed 3P with Van den Hul Crimson XGW Strad cartridge that Brian Walsh set up for me last weekend. This cartridge had been set up once before and sounded quite good but then I sent it back to The Netherlands for the 200 hour adjustment VdH does. 
Now let me confess that some changes have been made to my system. My Devore O/93's now have a suitable match with an eight watt SE Class A dual mono beauty of an amp by the name of an Ampersound Nautilus. Speaker cable is Auditorium 23. This amp weighs the same as my 160 watt ARC Ref 150 SE not that too much weight should be put upon that but I will declare to the heavens that this eight watt beauty is built the right way. 
I have NEVER heard anything like this in my home. The pure emotion conveyed is tops, closely followed by enveloping sound that I have never heard before. Brian spent three to three and a half hours of focused attention getting everything perfect. He made settings, analyzed, and went back time and time again until all parameters were correct. 
So maybe it is my love for the low powered amp matched up with the Devore O/93's that is causing my newfound amazement but Brian's technical know-how is no small component. 
Brian is to turntable set-up as Jim Smith is to room set-up.