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Mounting a Shelter 501 on a JMW/9

This is quite a popular combination based on the number of visible systems on a'gon pages. But can it really be so difficult to mount the cartridge or is it just my novice alignment skills? It appears you need to mount the cart with the screws as far forward as they will go in the arm slots (with the left screw slightly back in order to angle the headshell), and even then the stylus doesn't go forward enough to hit the spot on the Geodisc. The overhang is huge, about 7 mm, and it just seems wrong somehow. Am I missing something here?
nickatkins
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Get a DB protractor so that you can properly adjust overhand no matter what the arm-table combo.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Oh, what IS your table? And if not a VPI, who drilled/mounted the arm? Any chance this was mispositioned?
nickatkins OP
82 posts
 
Sorry, forgot to add that ;-) My table is a VPI Scoutmaster. I have the new Signature tonearm. I had no issues like this with my previous cartridge (Denon 103R) which I believe is due to the cantilever being much further forward relative to the cartridge body.
slipknot1
1,423 posts
 
Nick,
The Shelter on my signature/SM combo is all the way forward on the headshell as well. I used the alignment jig provided with the new arm, and I got the stylus to hit the dot.
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