Cartridge alignment tool print

We have truly universal two-point tools such as the Stupid Protractor, and tonearm specific types for Audiocraft, Helius, Heybrook, Linn, Rega and Thorens, all with easy to follow instructions detailing how to align a cartridge.

To determine which protractor is suitable for your tonearm please read Seb's Protractor User Guide and please check scale carefully after printing and resize if necessary. Tonearm Database Mounting dimensions and alignment data for most turntables and tonearms - the original and best! Overhang Shift Calculator Assess the effects of changing stylus overhang while keeping the original angle of the cartridge in the headshell. Simple, accurate and widely compatible. If you aren't sure which type to use and want a free alternative to the common shop bought designs, download this one.

Another universal protractor, this time using the Stevenson alignment method with null points at This is especially useful for arms which have limited room in the headshell slots and can't be aligned satisfactorily with a Baerwald type. Designed to allow users to align their cartridge at any two null points between 60 and mm.

A quick and easy way for experimenters to judge the sonic merits of different alignment methods. For example, this could be used in conjunction with the tonearm database to compare the tonearm manufacturers alignment with the popular Baerwald type found in most aftermarket protractors. A mirror protractor, a variation on the classic two-point protractor - suitable for experienced users only! Please Note The alignment curve on an arc protractor is only suitable for the stated mounting distance.

Suitable for Linn tonearms mounted at mm mounting distance. Print on A3 sized paper. Includes integral strobe disc in 3 versions, 50Hz, 60Hz and Hz. Suitable for Rega tonearms only, mounted at exactly mm standard mounting distance. This single point design is especially quick and easy to use and includes an arc for rapid double checking.

Suitable for Rega tonearms mounted at exactly mm standard mounting distance. Identical to the Baerwald protractor above but designed using Stevenson null points which gives alignment closer to Regas and is useful when the headshell slots don't give enough room to align your chosen cartridge using the Baerwald design. Please check the tonearm database for the mounting distance of your arm before using this protractor. Note that Technics arms do not use baerwald alignment as standard, so you may have to skew the cartridge in the headshell in order to align with arc.

Technics Arc Protractor Instructions. Suitable for those Thorens tonearms that have a mounting distance of exactly See enclosed instructions for compatible tonearms. After placing the stylus at the middle checking point, I move the stylus and it cannot follow the arc C C'. How to set the adjustment in P3? Anyone has the experience in it? Please share. I don't know if this applies to your P3 specifically, but in my experience the Baerwald protractors, ie MoFi's Geo-Disc has implied a reseating of the whole tonearm on about three Regas so far.

However, I would email Rega themselves to answer your query. Hi, I'm new to aligning cartridges etc. Effective length of tone arm is mm, can I use the Rega Baerwald arc protractor is this a universal protractor or just for Rega tone arms I am a real ignoramis. I am wondering, for the Thorens Arc Protractor, do you place the cartridge so that its body is perfectly aligned in the grid? Then do you place the stylus onto the X nearest the spindle hole, then back onto the grid, then place the stylus onto the X located toward the outer edge of the platter?

Also, should the protractor remain in the same place still on the platter during this whole procedure? Make sure your needle is in line on the C cross turning the platter until spot on. Only very small movements of the cartridge will make much bigger differences in the possition of the C' cross. No need to hop around the grids and the X marks. The cartridge just needs to align perfectly at the two grids. Yes, the protractor should remian still during any one test iteration.

Thanks for your help! The Thorens protractor only has one grid, though. Does it need to align perfectly in this grid and then line-up so that the stylus tip land exactly at the two points? Read the instructions for the Technics Arc protractor above for the correct procedure. Basically the arc is used to set overhang and the grid to set offset angle. I just wanted to thank you for making this protractors available. I then tried using the protractor supplied with my Shure M97x3 cartridge but I simply couldn't get the cartridge to align to both null points no matter how long I tried entire nights.

I was frustrated and seriously dissapointed with vinyl Then I found your arc protractor. And I spent today's evening listening to some of my vinyl favorites. What a difference!

You gave me my faith in vinyl back! I had a few friends confirm this with scaling off so I am not sure if anyone ever raised an issue with the pdf but that seems to be where the problem is. Although everyone seems to think it works fine so if someone can tell me I am wrong that would be awesome.

Indeed I can confirm that the protractor files are perfect in their dimensions and that it's your printer that is throwing off the dimensions. I had to try 4 different printers until I got one HP LaserJet that printed the file with perfect dimensions.

I can't get the stock arm to extend far enough in towards the spindle to touch point C on the protractor. Even if it were to be able to touch point C and C' equally, I'm not sure I would be able to adjust my Denon DL cartridge in the standard headshell to track the arc properly between the two points. Am I missing something? I hope you finally find the way to set up your cartridge and that you're still waiting for an answer I found that mounting distance on the technics manual.

Please check your mounting distance. For some SL that protractor should not be used! I just downloaded the K Willis Universal Accutrak protractor. It contains three alignments, Baerwald, Loefgren, and Stevenson. I found that the Baerwald alig! Printer control panel printers with control panel menus : Open the Tools or Printer Maintenance menu, and then select the option to Align cartridges , Align printhead , or Print an Alignment Page.

HP Utility Mac : Click the option to align the printheads or cartridges. If prompted on the printer control panel, software, or alignment page, scan the alignment page to complete the alignment.

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