DIGITAL STYLUS GAUGE

I bought the Rega scale years ago and have been totally happy.

Riverstone - been using it for couple of years - very happy with it. Love the fact you can easily calibrate it. Not fussy to set up at all. Since you are only measuring VTF occasionally - at least I do - calibrating this is a duh IMHO.

I saw JR using this in one of his videos, and I figured if its good enough for him, its good enough for me. If you are not family with JR and Wally tools, highly recommend you go to the site. They have forgotten more about cartridge set up and alignment than most anyone else around. And a nice person to boot.

@oldaudiophile 

"Here's the one I use:

Audio Additives - Digital Stylus Force Gauge - Music Direct

"I also have my old tried & true Shure SFG-2, which I've used to double-check the digital one."

Way to go old man!

@slaw 

"I bought the Rega scale years ago and have been totally happy."

Perfect accuracy in stylus gauges is not important, as the set-up is done by ear anyway. I use a couple of cheap gauges, mainly to get some idea and when adjusting to know how much I changed. Absolute value is not that important.

BTW, I find it amusing that cable measurements are the devils handiwork, but an accurate stylus gauge is critical. Never mind ...

BTW2: never heard a difference in any cable, but VTA adjustments are easy to hear. Just to put things into perspective.

The weight pan on the DS-1 is nonmagnetic and is safe for moving coil cartridges. The new model is the DS-3.