DaVinci tonearm and azymuth

I think the DaVinci head shell is machined dead flat and with the pivot point being contained in its jewelled double gimbal bearing, it ain't moving anywhere out of alignment.
The problem is of course, that not all cartridge bodies are as perfectly flat nor are the cantilevers for the stylus assembly perfectly aligned and rarely are the styli themselves mounted in perfectly vertical alignment to their cantilevers.
This seems in practice to put most cartridges I mount in my DaVinci 12" Grandezza Ref 'out' of perfect azimuth alignment.
I compensate (as you suggest), with the 'balance' control on the pre-amp.
Not ideal for the 'purists' out there but in the real world of sound, it's hard to find an arm to beat the DaVinci IMHO.

Hi Daniel,
Only 6 degrees below??........that MUST be global warming!
Here in Sydney, after a hot Spring, we are having a cool start to Summer.

Of course Doug and Daniel are correct and perfect azimuth is great to achieve.
I have never had a visual discrepancy of 'several degrees' with the DaVinci and the effect is simply manifested in a 1-1.5 dB attenuation in the right channel of my speaker which I accommodate with the balance control.

Having said that, it may simply be my preamp at fault because the correction seems to suit ALL my cartridges and all my other arms?

In other words.....ignore my previous comments and check your DaVinci as other posters suggest.

Psag,
Another thought occurred to me.
The DaVinci VTA Tower is elevated by a threaded rod operated from the top of the pivot housing.
Once you are happy with the VTA alignment, you must lock the base clamp in and then RETRACT the adjustable threaded rod so that it is no longer bearing on the base plate. In other words, the VTA Tower is held solely by the base clamp and NOT also resting on the elevating rod.
If you still have a problem with the level of the headshell after this, Peter Brem and Jolanda will certainly help you.