VPI Classic setup tools


I would like to learn properly setup my TT. It`s a VPI Classic 1 with JMW-10.5i tonarm with an Ikeda 9TT cartridge.
I am a beginner, so I`d like to buy some reasonable expensive tools what could make the work easier. What would you recommend? I own a good stylus force scale gauge already.
I was thinking about to buy the following :

Soundsmith Counter "Intuitive" azimuth
GrooveTech GT-2 MKII Alignment Gauge
Hesitating between Mint Best Tractor made for VPI tonearm or Dr. Feickert Universal Protractor

Ultimate Analogue Test LP

What else would you buy or am I covered with the tools above? I`d like to set the SRA to 92 degrees but I don`t want to buy a digital microscope if it can be done any other way.


korakotta

Showing 1 response by lewm

I have read elsewhere that the VPI alignment tools made for their own tonearms are error prone. This is not first hand information coming from me.  Check threads on Vinyl Asylum.
I don't like the Turntable Basics protractor (sadly, I own two of them), because the protractor does not extend to locate the pivot precisely with respect to the spindle; you have to line them up by eye.  For not much more cost you can find protractors that fix the relationship between pivot and spindle; that's of key importance.  If the Mo-Fi Geodisc is like the TB protractor in that regard, I personally would avoid it too.