Phono cartridge torque wrench


Hi Guys & Gals

Do any of you use a torque wrench when tightening your cartridge to your tonearm or do you just use a regular screwdriver or Allen key? 

Thank you
Scot
scothurwitz

I am reviving this thread because I want to buy a torque screwdriver for cartridge mounting

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TGFNX3M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

There are a few listed and the one in the link below has options in a few ranges, shown below.

I would appreciate it someone could provide guidance on

1. Whether this would be a good choice

2. Which would be the best range of in-lbs

Thanks for your help with this

  • 0.44-4.42 in-lbs / Digital

    0.88-17.7 in-lbs / Digital

  • 1.5-6 in-lbs / Manual

  • 1.77-35.39 in-lbs / Digital




Comic relief. Gotta love it. No one would actually do this. Right?   

Right???!
I heard the Tekton speakers and said the same thing. What a crazy coincidence!
 There is a Snap-on product listed in an above post with a better range, and the about the same price.
 Likely, there are dimensioning (crap, what is the actual word that I am looking for here?) returns on the 'right' amount of torque. We are approaching the realm of clock makers in the way of accuracy.

  Makes me wish that there were just a couple of standards of which a TT manufacturer and tonearm manufacturer, and cartridge manufacturer had to reach. Then say a headshell cartridge combo could simply be glued at the exact spot required for optimal playback. No, I am not advocating the P mount here, but the idea was as step in the right direction.
@4krowme--probably "diminishing"--
my issue with this is who supplies the info for optimal torque- the cartridge maker? Is this a spec that is commonly made available for different cartridges/arms? I don't recall seeing that, but apart from a Kuzma 4 Pt. 9, I haven't bought a new tone arm in a while. I tighten "just enough" and have a sense of what that is-- how does one apply this to such precise measured activity without relevant data?