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

@knollbrent

I’ve been wondering if there’s a "set up" album for about a week now. I’ve been curious regarding a few albums with the voice placement and thought how nice it would be if there was a record you could test your system to too. Would this album have this voice placement test?

I test with real music, some properly recorded LPs which i know very well, most of them are originals from the 70’s, some Japanese pressings, there are many.

To check channel balance, polarity, or to set up anti-stating i use Hi-Fi Test LP and Cardas Sweep LP. The Hi-Hi Test LP comes with free protractor, also there are tracks to check resonance frequency of your cartridge/arm combo. I do not have any test records anymore.

@terry9 
What setting do you use on your torque screwdriver?

@avanti1960 
When I contacted Yip about a Mint Protractor for my SL-1200G, he said he only supplies the Stevenson alignment, no Lofgren. How were you able to get a Mint Protractor with Lofgren?

Yip will build you anything you tell him to.

@ericsch 

Oh no, Eric, you don't know what you are asking!! We trashed (sic, trashed) that out in a recent thread, when fourwnds initiated a discussion entitled, "Recent retip(canti also) Dude where did my soundstage width go".

Suffice to say, it's complicated, but worth doing.

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.