MintLP arc protractor

Polk432, "The mint LP will be more accurate. It is worth the money."

Perhaps true but not the question of my original post. Yip is insistent on the correct spindle to pivot distance and I want to be certain that I've measured 222mm correctly before placing the order. It doesn't take much error to be a mm off.

Wendell

Do you know if Yip will be basing the protractor on Stevenson or Baerwald or Loefgren? I am curious because I heard that Stevenson is best if using a mounting distance of 222 mm. Not sure how credible this is.

Since a Rega is not designed for Baerwald, *some* cartridges may be too short (from the plane of the mounting holes to the stylus) to be aligned using that scheme. The headshell slots may not allow shorter cartridges to be slid far enough forward to achieve alignment.

Not a common problem, but not completely unknown.

Yip is a great guy and makes an outstanding product, but he can be a bit, how should I put it... "over the top" with regards to insuring that your spindle to pivot distance and effective length is exact.

It took well over a month of back and forth emails and even sending numerous photographs of my setup to convince him that my Jelco arm did, indeed, have an achievable effective length of around 235mm.

The MintLP protractor is painstakingly precise and I understand Yips need to get these measurements as close as possible. However, a millimeter or two +/- on spindle to pivot distance can usually be accommodated for via the headshell slots.

All that being said - trust me that it'll be worth it in the end. It's the most precise protractor I've ever used.

If you're concerned about your headshell slots having enough 'play' to allow you to mount a specific cartridge, I'd suggest you first print out an arc protractor on conrad hoffman's site http://www.conradhoffman.com/chsw.htm, using your measured Spindle to Pivot, as a test before you order Mint's device. Also, maybe doing that will help convince Mint that the StP that you've given him will actually work.