Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma

Anytime i have new tonearm and cartridge i follow manufacturer recommendation only, i trust to tonearm/cartridge designer more than to anybody else!

The experts once thought the world was flat, too, until someone ventured west, and was stunned to discover they did not fall off.

Until i will be actually HEAR there is a problem i don’t care about all these pointless theoretical speech that one alignment is better than another.

This reminds me of an old doctor who received a visit from an attractive lady. Upon asking her why was she there, she said to him "I have acute angina". Unfortunately, as he was hard of hearing, he lost his license.

Dear dover, what does ''I have acute angina'' means for an
deaf person? Some foreigners among us have no idea why the doctor ''in casu'' lost his ,uh, license. 

If to look into details you'll find that  the world isn't perfectly round. But devil is always in the details. 
But better to believe in round globe. 
Although of course 0,001 mm is very important as feeling of mindfulness can be lost.
16.863 or 15.948 that is the question for the doctor.

Stevenson alignment was the latest BTW (after Baerwald and Lofgren).

I know for sure that people lost their hearing abilities at certain age, i must admit i am far away from that age.

Dear Nandric, I live in a society that is purported to be anti-authoritarian. Like many of my fellow citizens I’m deeply committed to question authority of any kind. Most of all when derived from power, ego or just a big mouth. Like politicians and certain members in this community.

However, when authority comes from real experience, skill and creative thinking I’m inclined to be more of the ’obedient’ kind. I assume most audiophiles would agree that Ikeda San firmly belongs to this category. So I’m inclined to follow his guidelines.

At least until an alternative method would prove itself superior. That proof should be in the listening and to my ears this other ’optimal’ alignment doesn’t sound superior.

Ignorance is a bliss when you know what to ignore....