Mint LP Best Protractor

Have a Mo Fi GeoDisc- simple, quick and no IGD.

If you want the most accurate, I find the mint is the easiest to get perfect from my experience. The p2s must be exact though. I now also use a smart tractor as I have multiple arms. It is quicker to use but i feel it’s not as easy to see alignment perfectly as well as the mint is. The smart tractor also makes up for the p2s not being 100%. 

"Thats why I came here to ask the experts."

If you rely on the "experts" here, then dump the VPI. It's "wrong" VPI/HW doesn't know what they're doing.

As mentioned any jig is going to be "correct" only in 2 points of the arc. HW came up with their compromise which seems to be worthy of using for the line. Getting more "I know" advice guarantees increased nervosa, and takes away from actually enjoying your perfectly fine setup.

Not a knock on trying other jigs.I have the Feikert, and found it to be a waste of money. Can't hear a clear sonic improvement between it and, the supplied VPI jig. Just my $0.02 cents. You may hear something? Some say they do, it's their  ears.

A primo condition period press of Led Zeppelin or a 1958 mono Blue Note is more worthy of nervosa, IMO. That's even argued to death.

Great sound is the sum of parts involved.

Wow! I was almost ostracized for saying these things years Ago.

The goal of Dr. Feickert NG is that it can be used for adjustment/alignment of ANY tonearm on ANY turntable and PS is measurable for all size of tonearms. Also using Feickert we can choose which alignment method we want to use (Baerwald, Lofgren or Stevenson). This is universal and it’s like having 3 protractors in one.

First step for any alignment is tonearm/turntable PS (pivot to spindle distance) measurement.

I use Dr.Feickert NG not only when I adjust cartridges, but when I swap tonearms and adjust them, this is where PS is required first and it’s the most critical.

If you have only one turntable with fixed tonearm (fixed PS by the manufacturer) and willing to use only one alignment method then you can use some other basic protractors. You can buy Hi-Fi Tesl LP and there is a free protractor inside!