Mounting a Shelter 501 on a JMW/9


This is quite a popular combination based on the number of visible systems on a'gon pages. But can it really be so difficult to mount the cartridge or is it just my novice alignment skills? It appears you need to mount the cart with the screws as far forward as they will go in the arm slots (with the left screw slightly back in order to angle the headshell), and even then the stylus doesn't go forward enough to hit the spot on the Geodisc. The overhang is huge, about 7 mm, and it just seems wrong somehow. Am I missing something here?
nickatkins

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I am using a 501 on the standard JMW9 and it sounds wonderful. Elusive Disc installed the cart as I bought it with the table and it was almost all the way forward. When I installed the 3 gram headshell weight I had to remove the 501 and reinstall it and I was able to get it to line up perfectly with the dot on the VPI provided alignment tool.