By the way overhang or more exactly a change in effective length of the tonearm via poor setup is not as important as VTA, VTA, anti skate or azimuth. Just a FYI. Do the measurements. The slight change in effective length / overhang can either result in increase maximum distortion or even increased overall distortion. But it also can result in reduced maximum distortion or reduced overall distortion and change your Null Point from Lofgren A to Lofgren B or otherwise or visa/ versa. If you run the distortion specifications the change might in fact be not dramatic.
But incorrect VTA can result in a major sonic compromise. So all the work to align HTA without correct VTA or otherwise is really for very little. After taking a sample of typical errors in setup and checking the resulting distortion figuress the results in fact are that different than the "prescribed" HTA of the arm in question.
Feel free to take me up on this but this can be mathematically validated.
So is the Mint or any other protractor that importaant. And that answer is it depends on the arm/ setup and more.
But incorrect VTA can result in a major sonic compromise. So all the work to align HTA without correct VTA or otherwise is really for very little. After taking a sample of typical errors in setup and checking the resulting distortion figuress the results in fact are that different than the "prescribed" HTA of the arm in question.
Feel free to take me up on this but this can be mathematically validated.
So is the Mint or any other protractor that importaant. And that answer is it depends on the arm/ setup and more.