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

ericsch, If you've got both the Mint protractor and the alignment gauge supplied by Technics, perhaps you can determine whether they both result in identical mm of stylus overhang.  That might settle the issue regarding what alignment algorithm is being used and preferred by Technics.  Or at least it would tell us whether Technics favors Stevenson, assuming that Yip does.

@ericsch 
again, i just guessed that the mint protractor was lofgren because it has slightly more overhang than the technics gauge~ 2mm.  
if Yip's design is true stevenson, then technics is something different.  
Regardless the mint sounds better and perfect actually to my ears.  

Update!

Mounted my second cart all by myself! It's the Vasari Gold Note. I'm sure it needs time to burn in. I never, ever, ever do things like this by myself and by Jorge I did it! I'm feelin proud.

@lewm  Yes, I will do that.

@avanti1960  Thanks for clarifying.

@knollbrent  The key is taking your time, no rushing, good lighting and a microscope. 

@avanti1960 

On the Technics, if the new GR is using the same arm geometry as the old 1200, traditional Lofgren alignment would result in a much greater overhang, approximately 3.3 mm more, and Baerwald would result in about 2.8 mm more. In both cases the cartridge would have to be angled noticeably toward the spindle to align properly.

Stevenson alignment on the Technics with a 215 mm mounting distance would result in less than 1 mm more overhang as compared to the Technics alignment and the cartridge should sit almost square in the headshell.