rtollert

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Technics SL1200: Baerwald or 1200 white gauge?
I'm not saying you shouldn't align or you should just use the Technics gague. I hate that thing just as much as the next guy. All I'm saying is that there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty inherent in the horizontal alignment of the cantilever... 
Technics SL1200: Baerwald or 1200 white gauge?
WARNING: Math.Say I have a cart. It has a 10mm cantilever and a compliance of 20 um/mN. (I think these numbers are rather generously conservative; many carts will have numbers that generate even worse results than those shown below.)Let's say that... 
Technics SL1200: Baerwald or 1200 white gauge?
For an alignment that is *mathematically guaranteed* to be wrong everywhere on the record except for two points, the MintLP seems a tad too expensive for the reward.Given the intrinsic inaccuracies of cantilever alignment in the context of visual ... 
Audio Technica AT-ML150/OCC - Too Old?
Grab a test record with low frequency resonance tones and figure out the static compliance of the cart with the dampener engaged. If it's *way* off - which for ATs is probably anything under 20cu - you might want to consider getting a new cart.BTW...