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Shure Stylus Gauge
Thanks to all for your help in this frustrating matter. It turned out to be a faulty gauge. I just got a replacement everything is set-up perfectly. Just gonna sit back, forget and enjoy. 
Shure Stylus Gauge
Thanks to all for your help in this frustrating matter. It turned out to be a faulty gauge. I just got a replacement everything is set-up perfectly. Just gonna sit back, forget and enjoy. 
Shure Stylus Gauge
After talking to a few dealers, I'm almost sure that you are suppose to get different readings if you raise the surface height of the platter (i.e. record V.S mat). If you think about it, it only makes sense. As you raise the the gauge the arm ris... 
Shure Stylus Gauge
How can I tell if it is the arm bearing. Is there a test I can do? When I set the counter weight to float the arm, it seems to float, and bob up and down, side to side without hesitation at all. 
Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?
One more thing. I have noticed that when I place the Gauge on a record instead of the platter mat, the VTF reading on the gauge is much more higher. (ie. on the mat the reading is 1.5 grams, on the record the reading is 2.5 grams, then if I place ... 
Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?
TWL, well put. Sometimes us "Vinyl Heads" need a kick in the &@%-Marcus 
Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?
Basement, its not that it doesn't float in the same spot everytime.Every time I JUST place the Stylus on the lever I get my desired reading. If I were to touch the tonearm a little and make the tonearm and lever bob up and down with eachother, it ... 
Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?
TWL, my cartridge is a MM. Did I do something wrong? 
Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?
When I place my stylus on the lever I get one reading then if i were to press or blow the lever down a little bit with the stylus still sitting in the same spot, the gauge balances differently then if I were to just place the stylus there without ... 
Cartridge Alignment Newbie Question
It shard chwecking the cantilever so what about my drawn lines on the alignment tool question?-Marcus 
Newbie Question - What is "Overhang"
TWL and Sdcampbell, Tell me if I'm correct. 1. When placing the stylus on the Rega alignment tools "cross hairs" the headshell at this point should be square with the printed lines. 2. If the stylus is on the "cross hairs" correctly but the headsh... 
Cartridge Alignment Newbie Question
Plato, I am using a Rega P3 with its factory RB300 arm. Cartridge seems square with the headshell too, just the screws are off (there not side by side on the headshell).Also another thing(for anybody to answer), on the Rega alignment tool I added ... 
Newbie Question - What is "Overhang"
Sdcampbell, would the RB300 be claissified as a "pivoted Tonearm"?