Cartridge alignment channel balance measurements?

Azimuth alignment is what I meant to say. I have been adjusting the azimuth adjustment on my headshell seeing the impact on channel balance using the various test tracks on the Hi-FiNews Analogue Test LP. Sorry for my confusion.

Stringreen, thank you for the tip on the search, I found what I was looking for in this thread:

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/messages/74644.html

Dougdeacon, how do you measure crosstalk?

I have been playing with this PureVinyl software in combination with using the HiFi-News test record. There is a real time Input Balance measurement that gives you a +/- 0.00 measurement. So this would be a differential offset of channel balance.

I would guess that to measure crosstalk, one would have to find a test track for left and a test track for right channels to see the bleed over onto the opposite channel? The idea is to have minimal bleed over into the disabled channel of the test track?

Tim, excellent thread, thank you.

Very interesting.

Dan_ed, I have always wondered how to get around the surface noise issue, seems like surface noise alone adds quite a bit of 'variability' to the signal from what I have seen. A bandpass filter makes perfect sense. But I don't know how I would implement one, I will have to research that a little more.

Doug, I would agree on ultimately using your ears to make calibration adjustments. I have an over hang tool that came with my Technics turntable, I find the tool to adjust the needle relative to the over hang mark will put the cartridge in in the neighborhood of where it should be, but further adjustments by ear is far more precise.

Thank you both,
best,
James