Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?"

No mention is made of program. Ears clamp with very loud levels.
Inner radii are less dynamic due to lower velocity. Is there a resonance at the outer edge that disappears toward the spindle?
Speaker and amplifiers change with temperature. How old is the MC402? Was it left on all the time and in need of a recap? Does it need a bias adjust? See http://ielogical.com/Audio/WinterBlues.php

Cartridge alignment would be the last place I'd look given the O/P's question.

Great input everyone. I really appreciate it. 

Bonehead update!!!

Had a few beers last night and played a minty original CBS Jap pressing of the Wall that I just got. Played side 2 and it sounded wonderful. Great pressing, great quality.......

Then the bonehead move comes in. My lazy chair has an annoying light panel that controls the chair movement so I put a towel or a shirt or whatever over it. I must have had the shirt in my hand as I went to lift the arm. Shirt caught something and the needle jumped up and down, back forth like it was possessed. Scratched the piss out of that beautiful album and messed up the stylus on the MoFi. 

You know, things happen in life, sober or not sober. What a shame. I'll install a new stylus and give the album to a friend. But, I'm going to take a crack at installing my Vasari Gold Note  cartridge in the meantime. I'll watch some Youtube, but I think I can do this. I've got my tweezers and readers, tomorrow is the big day. 

Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads!

Don't feel bad bout the cart, I'm a two time cart wrecker dude myself!  It's kinda like wiping out on a bicycle...all part of the process. HFD if it applies. 

I don`t know if it`s any consolation, but I did exactly the same thing. My shirt sleeve caught the back of the counterweight, and sent a Koetsu Urushi spinning across the platter. 

Believe me, a Koetsu rebuild is expensive!

Silly question!