What a great idea. I was having that same problem a few years back with my Benz cartridge. I ended up moving to a Dynavector where the stylus projects outward of the body. Much easier to set up with these aging eyes. Good luck with your setup this weekend.
Trouble setting up Grado wood body cartridge
Hi everyone,
I recently installed (well, tried to) a Grado Sonata 2 cartridge. I used to have a Sonata 1 and liked it a lot, so I decided to give the mk.2 version a shot. It turns out that the body of the cartridge is wider (and perhaps longer) than the previous version. And the cantilever/stylus is very close to the middle of the cart. When I try to set it up, I simply can't see the stylus as the large body of the cart rides pretty low. I have a Feickert and the protractor that came with the table, but neither allows me to see the stylus well enough to set it up. Are there any other owners of the series 2 Grado who have run into similar issues? I don't think a mirrored protractor would help since I really can only see the cantilever from a 90 degree side view - I can't get an angle to see exactly where they stylus is touching the protractor.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Best, Scott
I recently installed (well, tried to) a Grado Sonata 2 cartridge. I used to have a Sonata 1 and liked it a lot, so I decided to give the mk.2 version a shot. It turns out that the body of the cartridge is wider (and perhaps longer) than the previous version. And the cantilever/stylus is very close to the middle of the cart. When I try to set it up, I simply can't see the stylus as the large body of the cart rides pretty low. I have a Feickert and the protractor that came with the table, but neither allows me to see the stylus well enough to set it up. Are there any other owners of the series 2 Grado who have run into similar issues? I don't think a mirrored protractor would help since I really can only see the cantilever from a 90 degree side view - I can't get an angle to see exactly where they stylus is touching the protractor.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Best, Scott