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Best tutorial for cartridge setup

I had to move my turntable take my tonearms off and now I need to do the setup of arm and cartridges. The friend who helped me is currently unavailable, and in any case, it is a skill I need to develop for myself.

I am looking at videos, but they conflict in terms of order of operations, e.g. some set tracking first, others say you should never do that.

Is there some authoritative source?

saulh

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mijostyn
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Hi Saul,

This is not rocket science.

#1 mount cartridge in it's approximate location.

#2 Set tracking force in middle of range specified by the manufacturer.

#3 Set overhang with whatever gauge you like.

#4 Set tracking force exactly where you want it and dial in antiskating 

#5 Set Vertical tracking angle and azimuth. Without fancy tools just adjust them so that the cartridge mounting surface is coplanar with the surface of a 150 gram record. This will get you very close with most well made modern cartridges.

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