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Tonearm relative to Plinth alignment

I have a Linn Basik turntable with a Linn Basik Plus tonearm (bought separately), and when the tonearm is in its arm rest it is not completely parallel with the side of the turntable. It appears to be a few degrees on its way to the platter. There are 3 holes in the table for the screws to the base of the tonearm, and they must be rotated a little bit.

Will this affect the sound of the turntable?

Thanks,
Dusty
heyitsmedusty
bdgregory
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on the basic plus tonearm, there is a slot on the cylinder that only allow you to adjust the height, but one can not rotate it, so alignment to plinth can not be adjusted
now I see . . . this is different than the Linn Ittok, and Audioquest PT6 I previously owned. With those it's very easy to create this alignment issue(which I have done when not paying attention). As noted, it's aesthetics, not function, so if there isn't an easy solution then leave it alone.
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heyitsmedusty OP
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Thanks for your responses, everyone.

-Dusty
rauliruegas
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Dear Dusty: Like every one told you: If the overhang don't change then you don't have any trouble about, my only complaint is about the skating function because some tonearms has this function in a way that the antiskate grow-up all the way LP surface ( increment/higher at the inside grooves ) and the tonearm has to be a initial position ( outside groove ) where the AS is 0 ( cero ), if this is the case with your tonearm then you have to change the position for in the very outside record groove the AS measure cero.



Regards and enjoy the music.

Raul.
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headsnappin
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Hello Dusty, if you loosen the 3 bolts underneath there is a little bit of play to rotate it a bit for a slight amount of correction. The arm you have has a groove cut in the pillar so you cannot rotate the arm to swivel it to align.
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