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Benjie, You wrote, "I read your post above and I disagree with you, most people here do not agree with my sentiments."
I quoted you in order to avoid the tricky double negative in your sentence.  For the record, I certainly do agree with the merit in using good tools to do alignment and any other job that requires precision.  What I was trying to say is that setting SRA is a can of worms for anyone but the most experienced persons, not only for lack of proper equipment to visualize and measure SRA but also because, based on what I have read elsewhere on various vinyl oriented websites, and even with optimal microscopy tools, it is very difficult to know what you are actually measuring.  This is because modern styli have complex shapes, and one wants to know the angle of the actual contact patch.  I don't think that I, for one, can know that with confidence.  This means only that I rely on setting VTA and hope for the best.  If you can consistently make an accurate measurent of SRA, my hat is off to you.  As to Azimuth, there are good debates for how to do that as well, electrically or physically.  I have settled on my own opinion of what is the best way to do it. I own very good protractors and VTF scales and etc, and I do use them all. None of my alignment gear happens to come from Wally; that doesn't mean it isn't good stuff.

How is the service shipping vs the old company?

1+ lewm, 
SRA can be tough due to stylus shape even with a usb microscope. The best compromise with the Gyger S and other styli like it such as Soundsmiths OCL is to set the oncoming face of the stylus to 90 degrees.
That will put the contact patch somewhere between 91 to 93 degrees which is the best you can hope for. Azimuth is best set by the mirror method. The Fozgometer is a bad joke. First of all the output of the individual channels is never equal and the goal is the get the stylus perpendicular to the groove not the coil orientation. Whatever is lost in channel separation is more than made up for in better tracking and record wear. The trickiest is setting overhang. It also depends on your eye and judgement. Having used the SmarTractor I can highly recommend it as it gives your eye the best shot at getting it right. It is superior to either the Feickert or Wally protractors and it is much better made than either. It also costs a lot more. As for Antiskating this is best done with a digital VTF gauge. The problem is that digital VTF gauges will not work in the horizonal plane. You need a devise to convert horizontal force to vertical force. I will post a picture of such a device on my system page tomorrow.
Pardon the crude appearance. It is just a prototype.

I use the UNI-Pro/P2S tools and an Ortofon scale. Could I get the job done with less? Probably. But its a real treat using well built tools. In the end of the day your ears ( should ) be the best tool you have; but getting a precise 'rough-in' is important for me.

I have been following a thread on wbf where JR has been posting and showing some macro closeups. Its funnny how anxious folks get when they see a stylus glued to a cantilever up close and personal :)