Frank...How did you measure the pivot to spindle ? (sliding the tone arm base fore or aft)... You have to do that before you align the cart's zenith angle and offset (how far back or forward and angle the cart sits in the head shell)...
Frank...How did you measure the pivot to spindle ? You have to do that before you align the cart's zenith angle and offset (how far back or forward the cart sits in the head shell)...
I followed the directions. Put the stylus down on the effective length arc line at the farthest most point out then the closest and started moving the cartridge until I was on the line from front to back. I used 10x magnification to assure I was spot on.
Followed that with Inner and Outer Null points and then checked the effective length settings again.
If I did it wrong, which with me is always entirely possible, I'm glad I did because it sounds great.
You'll want to demo the Lamm LP1 Signature
You'll want to demo the Lamm LP1 Signature
Frank,
The pivot to spindle distance is the distance between the spindle on the platter and the tonearm mount (pivot) on the TT itself. This needs to be set first before you use the Mint or Graham jig to align the cart. In any event I wont be able to try it myself as my phono stage just crapped the bed. I may have to talk to David about demoing a LAMM as it looks like my Allnic phono stage will need to go back to Korea...which is a $700 shipping event plus repairs.
Not sure if you have Nick's tape pre but if so IIRC he can add the phono stage
Christian, did you sell your Pass XP25, or do you still have that lying around to use as a spare? With the Allnic, did you try switching the phono cable channels to rule that out? I assume you tried other formats to rule out the preamp.
I went back at the set up with the Graham jig, this time using a higher power magnifier and spent considerably more time dialing it in. Now I'm at a point where what I'm getting is just different between the Mint and Graham setups. I wouldn't say one is necessarily better, both sound great! Matter of preference now. I'm still surprised at the significant difference in cartridge position in the head shell between the two.
I've got to stop for a while before I go blind.
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