Curved and Straight Tonearms

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If the azimuth cannot be fixed by the limited headshell adjustment, you really need to return the cart you bought, you have a cartridge problem not a tonearm problem.  

The headshell provides more than enough adjustment. Unfortunately the difficulty and time it takes to merely come close to the accuracy of the Well Tempered tonearm as determined by the Fozgometer is laughable.

On the other hand if one doesn't notice the difference in azimuth then close is good enough.  

anybody remember the "gerrard zero 100"  turntable?

Dear @g_nakamoto: Who can't remember it? when The Zero ( for zero tracking error. ) was and still is a TT design with a truly extremely special pivoted tonearm with " zero " tracking error that when designed in the 70's was " thousands " of years a head on pivoted tonearm designs even for today top designs.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Dear friends: Almost all the time when I ask to other gentlemans that enrich or provide/contribute with real information that can help us in the subject we are under a dialogue those gentlemans ( that posted a critic or not so good opinion in the subject. ) just disappears, no additional post in the subject only " dead silence ".

Make no sense to me that kind of attitude because if I come to any audio subject dialogue is because I have something not to say but something that can help or enrich our learning level.

In this alignment on pivoted tonearms audio critical subject at least two gentlemans ( genesis 168 and clearthink ) decided no additional coments, yes this is their privilege.

Btw, Stevenson A alignment solution today is totally out of question. It gaves NOTHING to improve the quality performance level on any cartridge or any system or any tonearm. Similar alignment approaches today helps to NOTHING.
Stevenson maybe works in the old times but not today, contributes only to listen way higher distortions due to its inherent higher tracking distortions level.

@larryi gaves very good reasons about and you read information ( not just an opinion. ) I posted here and through the years in other treads.

So make your self a favor and a favor to the MUSIC: staying out of STEVENSON alignment. Of course it’s up to you.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.