new Cadenza Blue issue?


I bought a Cadenza Blue last week but it came from the factory with its right channel DOA. It was returned and I just received a replacement but this one has its cantilever slightly misaligned, that is when one looks at it from the front, it veers a few degrees to the right. Is this considered normal? Will it correct itself either permanently or temporarily (on a record-by-record basis) when the tone arm weight is put on it? I have had several other carts (one from Ortofon and others from Dynavector, AT, and Denon) and all of them had cantilevers that were perfectly aligned out of the box. Those carts cost $1250 and less. So I assumed that a $2k cart would also be very well aligned. This is my first "expensive" cart purchase so I just don't know if I am making a big deal out of nothing or not. Any comments from others will be very much appreciated. I have to decide if I should return this and go a different direction.
snovosel

Showing 1 response by cleeds

" ... this one has its cantilever slightly misaligned, that is when one looks at it from the front, it veers a few degrees to the right. Is this considered normal?"

I would not consider that acceptable in a new, high-end cartridge.