lewm -- turns out I’m lousy at estimating angles in my head, taking a quick measurement (using my iphone level app) it’s clear that the tilt I was seeing on my headshell is more of 2-3 degrees at most -- odd how small deviations from horizontal seem much larger than the same deviations from vertical -- must be something to do with how we are wired to examine the horizon?
Anyway as what we are trying to do is get the stylus exactly vertical and given how probably difficult it is to be sure you’ve mounted a tiny bit of diamond into a shank of boron/aluminium at exactly the right angle it’s not that surprising that even $15K cartridges can be off.
I do agree however that it’s disconcerting to see and part of the reason I’ve recently moved away from this brand of cartridge
Anyway as what we are trying to do is get the stylus exactly vertical and given how probably difficult it is to be sure you’ve mounted a tiny bit of diamond into a shank of boron/aluminium at exactly the right angle it’s not that surprising that even $15K cartridges can be off.
I do agree however that it’s disconcerting to see and part of the reason I’ve recently moved away from this brand of cartridge