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Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
Working on a band new Technics tonearm for GAE, G, GR and 10R models Matsushita engineers changed and improved almost everything, except the tonearm geometry as far as i know. If this geometry would cause the problem they could simply change it in... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
@hdm So in your opinion Stevenson works well for classical music ? Because the main quastion is why Stevenson made his alignment long time after Baerwald / Lofgren and why nearly all Japanese manufacturers of high-end tonearm using Stevenson till ... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
@hdm It is really only in the 58-60 mm area that Stevenson excels at reduction of IGD as compared to Baerwald and Lofgren and many vinyl users (classical music lovers with lots of long sides possibly excluded) have very few records in their colle... 
Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges?
... you forgot the cables and records after all 
Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges?
@nandric  Dear chakster, MY THREAD is not meant for your obsession with this totally unknow Luxman TT. Even an blind person can see that this thread is about cartridges not TT's (grin). Totally unknown? Maybe unknown to you, but @syntax link dis... 
Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges?
@syntax  here is a pic from one .... (rare I think)http://666kb.com/i/dujejv5k0u1pumolu.jpg  Is that Luxman PD-444 platter?  
Dynavector cartridges, old and new
Let’s wain till @lewm will check them out, because i do not have the ART-7 or ART-9 to compare and why should i concern about those ATs? You sold yours as far as i know, so the flavour of the month faded away. I like $500-700 cartridges (or let’s ... 
Dynavector cartridges, old and new
That's funny, PaniAn average carts does not comes with Diamond Cantilevers 
Dynavector cartridges, old and new
Thanks everybody. It looks like a nice Dynavector Fan Club here. I have a question:Will you accept (for example) rare DV 23RS MR in mint condition if the Ruby Cantilever is slightly off-centered? I’m not sure what to do, got the cartridge today fr... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
@knollbrent I’ve been wondering if there’s a "set up" album for about a week now. I’ve been curious regarding a few albums with the voice placement and thought how nice it would be if there was a record you could test your system to too. Would th... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
@avanti1960 maybe it’s just me with a very long experience with those Technics, but when i quickly set-up cart with Technics overhang i am spot on, it’s easy to check with protractor. But if the cantilever of the cartridge is not centered then it’... 
Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable!
@lewm  Very often, the static charge happens because of what the user brings up to the turntable (what he or she is standing on, what shoes he or she is wearing) during the changing of an LP. Exactly, barefoot is what the OP should try first. P... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
@basement  I have adviced $60 Zerostat to Brent long time ago when he asked me. Cardas sweep record is a great tool, i use it to ultrasonically clean vintage cartridges (or to burn in).     
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
My feeling that you’re looking for problem where should be no problem. You’re spot on with Technics overhang gauge that comes with your turntable and if you stylus is under the mark on that white plastic Technics Overhang Gauge then the alignment ... 
Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"
Even with Technics own gauge and Technics own alignment (which is close to Stevenson) there is absolutely no problem with 10-15 different cartridges i have tried, none of them is changing sound from beggining to the end of the record like describe...