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Cartridge mounting

A local dealer has mounted a Grado Red cartridge on my Thorens table with Rega RB303 tonearm but mounted it with the screws upside down.  I assume it's much easier to do it this way, but aesthetically I don't like the way it looks.  Is it unreasonable to expect with a Rega tonearm that the screws go the other way around?  Thanks for your comments.
Louis
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yogiboy
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If it bothers you so much then why don’t you do it? It sure ain't brain surgery!
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nandric
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As is the case with all adjustments:'' it depends''. In this case it

depends from the headshell ''screws accomodation'' and carts

screw holes construction. BTW AT headshells have screw threads

at the under side. So in your terminology in those headshells all

carts must be fastened ''upside down''. There is no ''up'' and ''down''

in absolute sense. Those are our ''mental orientation'' words . But

language and reality are different things.

schubert
7,386 posts
 
If you want to get vinyl right you need to learn how to do it right yourself .

pops
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Absolutely, if I can do it you can.  Hard to have to be dependent on someone for a relatively easy job. 
schubert
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Just so pops , just so !
Not to mention that when you check it with a good device at home more often than not you will find it off .
Being a dealer doesn't mean you know what you are doing .
Been there, seen that .
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