Cadenza Bronze on a Fatboy


I have a question about how close the bottom of my Ortofon Cadenza Bronze is to the surface of the record. I’m using a VPI prime signature with the fatboy gimbal arm. I have used a Wally reference jig to perfectly set the arm level to the platter. After mounting the cartridge there is barely a gap between the record surface and the cartridge body. Is this normal? It’s not rubbing. 

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Here's a photo of my Cadenza Bronze when I started to align it. The protractor is set to measure the cantilever angle, and you can tell the back of the cartridge needs to drop a bit more for the SRA to be right. My later pics were all zoomed in on the stylus so you don't see the cartridge.

Yes, it does ride very low.

 

Can’t imagine how you are getting that unless the cartridge is really short.

@dogberry what protractor/setup are you using to look at the angle? In the pic it's at 23 degrees what is your goal?