Is Wally tool preffered for Graham 2.2?

SirSpeedy, it's an old, long since discontinued set up tool that was built in the late 1970's or early 80's. I think I paid $25.00 for it (used) about 9 years ago.

Art Dudley mentions it in passing here:

http://www.stereophile.com/phonoaccessories/1205wally/

And somebody at vinyl asylum seems to like it too. http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/t.pl?f=vinyl&m=51494

I have two Wallytractors, another one on order, and the Wallyskater. The Wallyskater is the best device that I have seen for getting anti-skate set exactly where you want it. I love my Wallytractors and find them very easy to use. Switching from Baerwald to Lofgren and back is real easy. That may not be useful to other people though. I have also found Wally's "five point' alignment system to allow me to set overhang more accurately than with a standard "2 point" mirror protractor. YMMV.

If you are going to order one of Wally's tools, place the order directly with Wally by calling him. His number is on his website. Tell him what you want and then send him the check. Call him every two weeks to remind him that you still haven't got your item yet. Be persistent. After six or eight phone calls you will get your item. Wally has a wealth of information on analog set up. He usually likes to talk. Be nice to him when you call, and you can learn more than you ever knew existed about analog setup.

Hey..Sirspeedy! Let me check. I think I may have one!!

I got tired of trying to figure out which protractor was best and decided to make my own using Microsoft Visio and John Elison's downloadable Excel spreadsheet for calculating horizontal tracking error and distortion.

I created a printable triangle-shaped template that fits over the spindle and extends all the way to the pivot point of the tonearm. The removes the guesswork of "sighting" the template to the pivot point (and shortens setup time greatly).

Once the pivot-to-spindle distance is set and the template is fixed to the platter, I have two points defined at 66 mm and 120.9 mm from the spindle and 240 mm from the tonearm pivot point (I use a OL Silver arm). The marks at the null points facilitate alignment by the cantilever (not the body).

I'm sure there are better processes, but it always annoyed me that I was relying on someone else's process without fulling understanging their "voodoo". My "voodoo" is freely available upon request and cab be modified for any tonearm. Print this out on good quality photo paper and you're good-to-go.

If the concern is the actual cantilever position when in play mode,I haven't got a problem with the supplied Graham stuff.I don't want to get too nuts here.For the 1.87 gms my friend's(and mine,btw)Tranny is tracking at do I really need to worry about that miniscual offset of the stylus tip?

OH BOY,DID I SET MYSELF UP HERE?

BTW,happy Easter to all,and I just had the Easter Bunny over to aid in my set-up.Those BIG EARS really came in handy.The dude has a seriously good set of ears!!

Best!