I leveled my turntable before I started using it, but:
when I lift the tone arm by means of the lever the arm tends to swing out towards the edge of the record a bit. If it were truly level, would it not go nearly straight up (and down)?
If you can cue up the record at a song you want to hear without the cartridge shifting as you lower it to the record you should be fine. Mine moves at times but everything else is correct with the alignment so I do not worry about it.
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