I'd love to hear from Gary (Genesis) and Mike (Lavigne) too on this subject of tonearm's azimuth.
+1
Personally IF a tonearm does NOT allow me to adjust azimuth, it is a non-starter for me.
I am not really interested in incurring the wrath of the "high cardinals of tweak" and being burned at the stake again by the rabid, but if anybody is interested, they can PM me and I can see if I can find it.
And how many people do?
I have an RS Labs arm. Figure that puts me on the opposite end of the spectrum from most of the replies to this thread as I measure pivot to spindle distance by eye. Somehow it just works. When it comes down to it I'd rather spend time listening than worrying. Have a couple of friends that adjust VTA for every record. Personally think they are nuts but as long as I bring over a good bottle all is well.
Too many people spend way too much time over thinking this hobby and not enough time enjoying. But then again if teasing and adjusting to the last mm is enjoying to you I say invite me over just provide some other entertainment until the needle hits the groove. As soon as that happens we are friends again.
Beau
Dave,
There seem to be 2 types in this hobby that I generally clump into gearheads and music lovers. Yes I know they aren't mutually exclusive but people generally lean one way or the other. I tend not to be dogmatic and can appreciate the effort spent to get everything working just so but I do not obsess overly much about my system. The only issue I have is that there are some gearheads out there that tell me my way doesn't work when that just isn't the case which apparently you found the reverse on some other forum. I say shame on them as dogmatic rejections ruin perfectly good debate fun. I have always learned more from people who disagree with me.
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