Do you have a stylus pressure gauge and the protractor for the arm, at a minimum? I don’t know enough about the Reed arm to advise on specific set up issues peculiar to it, but you want to make sure you’ve got overhang and alignment in the arm (zenith) correct. Azimuth can be adjusted with an instrument later, and VTA/SRA as well (though you could start neutral and adjust up or down by ear in the meantime). Again, I don’t know the arm, so perhaps somebody with knowledge can advise on specifics, but you want to get the basic parameters in place even if you are not getting everything perfect. (That often takes a while even with all the right instruments and some experience). In short, I don't think taking a pre-mounted (with cartridge) arm from one table and mounting to another (even if the same table) assures correct basic set up without checking some of these parameters.
