Gvoth, You wrote, "I believe Firebaugh himself said the WT arm runs somewhat in underhang and might not conform to other alignment protractors." The only WT tonearm with which I am directly familiar is the WT Reference. That one has a fixed headshell offset angle and when mounted on the WT Reference turntable, as it comes from the makers, the stylus tip definitely overhangs the spindle, There is no way the cartridge could be mounted with stylus underhang, because there is not enough adjustability provided for that. Like you inferred, mounting a tonearm with underhang goes hand in hand with eliminating the headshell offset angle, too. So, I cannot imagine what Firebaugh might have meant by that statement, if indeed he made such a statement. To say a tonearm is "somewhat" in underhang is even more ambiguous.
Should I keep my Well tempered tonearm?
I have had this arm for years. I am currently in the middle of getting an oracle Delphi MKIII. My alexandria it was on has had it, and its not logical to repair what needs replacement.
I have always had mistracking issues with this tonearm and whatever cartridge. I just sold a Grado Sonata, which may have been a mistake. I have tried multiple cartridges (read 4 different known good units) and never seem to get it right.
I ordered the protractor from stanalog because I am concerned that its incorrectly set overhang causing mistracking. When I say mistracking I mean sibalence.
I have played with every possible setting and never had it setup to my satisfaction.
Honestly, I am sick of screwing around with this arm. I am about ready to get rid of it and get something different.
The manual isn't all that great as far as installation instructions either. It lists that you mount the cart and set overhang by twisting the arm mounting until the stylus lines up with the overhang circle. This makes no sense to set overhang with an arbitrary cartridge mounting arrangement.
Sorry if this seems like a rant, but I am very frustrated and annoyed with this arm. I just want to listen to good sounding clean music. Not dirty sibalence.
Thanks guys, your input would be appreciated. I would likely have to buy an arm that is priced close to what the WTT is worth used because I won't have a ton of money left over.
Evan
BTW, I put a 10x5 on a thorens turntable and could listen to that all day compared to my setup.
I have always had mistracking issues with this tonearm and whatever cartridge. I just sold a Grado Sonata, which may have been a mistake. I have tried multiple cartridges (read 4 different known good units) and never seem to get it right.
I ordered the protractor from stanalog because I am concerned that its incorrectly set overhang causing mistracking. When I say mistracking I mean sibalence.
I have played with every possible setting and never had it setup to my satisfaction.
Honestly, I am sick of screwing around with this arm. I am about ready to get rid of it and get something different.
The manual isn't all that great as far as installation instructions either. It lists that you mount the cart and set overhang by twisting the arm mounting until the stylus lines up with the overhang circle. This makes no sense to set overhang with an arbitrary cartridge mounting arrangement.
Sorry if this seems like a rant, but I am very frustrated and annoyed with this arm. I just want to listen to good sounding clean music. Not dirty sibalence.
Thanks guys, your input would be appreciated. I would likely have to buy an arm that is priced close to what the WTT is worth used because I won't have a ton of money left over.
Evan
BTW, I put a 10x5 on a thorens turntable and could listen to that all day compared to my setup.
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