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Cartridge Alignment Newbie Question

Sorry to bother you guys again. When I mount my cartridge (Goldring) using Rega's alignment tool, the cartridge seems to be aligned although when looking at the cartridge mounting screws on the RB300 headshell they are not perfectly side by side. Is this a normanl occurance? or if the screws are not perfectly side by side is this an indication that my cartridge may not be aligned properly, or crooked?

Thanks to all for helping me set-up,
Marcus(again)
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mrcs99e0 OP
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It shard chwecking the cantilever so what about my drawn lines on the alignment tool question?

-Marcus
mrcs99e0 OP
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Plato, I am using a Rega P3 with its factory RB300 arm. Cartridge seems square with the headshell too, just the screws are off (there not side by side on the headshell).

Also another thing(for anybody to answer), on the Rega alignment tool I added lines horizantally in front of the cross. I then lined up the front wall of the cartridge to the drawn lines to check if they are parallel to eachother. Is this an effective way to check if the cartridge is aligned properly in addition to the printed lines on the sides of the cartridge?

Marcus
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