Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
Old thread, I need a tool to align different cartridges on different tonearms. From my searches apparently the Feickert protractor is very good specifically with P2S distances, not so good with cart alignment, the Smartractor although more expensive allows you to adjust long tonearms and the cartridge with better precision, but it lacks Stevenson's alignment which most japanese tonearms (the ones I will be using) "required", I said required because I understand you could perfectly use Lofgren to align these tonearms with average best outer and inner alignment.I would love to hear your opinions on protractors so I can make a good decision. I know Lew uses Uni (same as Smartractor), chakster uses Feickert, I think Raul is all about Lofgren even for the japanese tonearms, apologies if I'm mistakenThank you |
The WallyTractor is tough to beat. |
Luis, I don’t know what you mean when you say the Feickert is “not so good“ for cartridge alignment. Can you elaborate? Because unless you are very anal about the process, I find the Feickert to be excellent on all counts. And because I am admittedly lazy, I increasingly use the Feickert instead of the Uni tractor, even though I realize the Uni tractor is capable of even greater accuracy and perfection. In addition to being lazy, I am also an agnostic when it comes to worshiping perfection in the art of cartridge alignment. I find that with magnification and strong lighting, I can very often visualize the cantilever when using the Feickert, and therefore can account for cantilevers that deviate from perfection in alignment. I also tend to avoid cartridges that are way out of line in that respect. Perhaps that is what you meant when you said the Feickert was not so good. |
