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Best tutorial for cartridge setup

I had to move my turntable take my tonearms off and now I need to do the setup of arm and cartridges. The friend who helped me is currently unavailable, and in any case, it is a skill I need to develop for myself.

I am looking at videos, but they conflict in terms of order of operations, e.g. some set tracking first, others say you should never do that.

Is there some authoritative source?

saulh
spenav
423 posts
 

Probably Michael Framer’s DVD. 

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drrsutliff
858 posts
 

Fremer’s video is a good resource. IMHO you must set the Vertical Tracking Force (VTF) first.  This only needs to be “close” but as you go about the other initial adjustments you do not want a cartridge that tracks at 2 grams bearing 6 grams of weight as you adjust other steps in the alignment. Get a reasonable number on the VTF and then do other setup steps returning to the VTF for an additional adjustment as appropriate.  

benjie
329 posts
 

This is a very detailed setup video put out by Ortofon, I think you might find it helpful.

 

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