Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions

I haven't yet ordered the protractor yet. I'm just not convinced I need it. I did order a sample of their record cleaner. Below is an initial review I posted on Vinyl Asylum.

I ordered the free sample offered at the website. I normally avoid multi-step cleaning processes because life is to damn short to waste it on non-essential activities. My regular cleaning fluids are VPI, RRL regular and Superwash and I have used Nitty Gritty's fluid. My favorite was Torumat which, I don't believe, is now available.

MintLP requires a three step process (four if you count wiping the record edge with a lint-free cloth). My initial impressions are quite positive. This may be the best I've ever used. Vinyl is very quiet and
dynamics seem to be improved. I need to spend more time with it on more records to confirm my observations are not simply the result of a placebo effect. The free sample only requires a $1 PayPal payment to cover postage from Hong Kong.

Worth a try.

In my previous post I'm referring to the MintLP record cleaning fluid.

The Feickert is a useful tool, DaVinci Audio delivers this Protractor with its Grandezza Arms.
But there is something REALLY interesting available from him, an Adjustment Record, it is called Adjust Plus.
Put the record on the turntable, start it and with the Adjust Plus Software (packed with the record) you can connect it to a Laptop to check all kind of Settings.
Azimuth, VTA etc. while playing! That is something amazing. It was developed with a Software Specialist.
For the discriminated Audiophile a must.

Hi Thomas, I remembered early on in this thread someone made a brief mention of the Adjust Plus software from Feikert.
Not until you mentioned it, I went back into the thread and saw it was Emailists, however he did not elaborate on the software at all.

Well the Adjust Plus is interesting.
Thomas have you used it?

Narrod, on a good day cleaning records isn't much fun.
Myself ,I can only handle 15 to 20 at one sitting, It's up there with watching paint dry.

However ,once they are cleaned you get a lot of mileage out of them before you have to do it again.

Each to his own, however this might change your mind and for anyone alse that maybe interested.

Check out the thread in the analog discussion section titled....Best Fluid For VPI 16.5 Cleaner, None VPI Brand...

Member Rushton, Doug Deacon and myself have a couple of things to say about active enzyme base cleaners for your Lps.

I acquired a Freickert protractor a little while back. I wish I had listened to the really knowledgeable pundits on this thread.A Freickert is a good place to start, if you are a vinyl novice like me. A newly arrived Lyra Skala is sounding far superior to the Helikon it replaced on a Rega RB 1000 arm and Gyrodec. Having spent a tidy sum on my vinyl rig, its good to know that the cartridge is properly aligned and set up.Its certainly an improvement on the hit and miss of a downloaded paper protractor( given printing errors and clumsy hands trying to puncture a spindle hole).
I guess I went for a universal protractor knowing that upgraditis is never far away.A silly move coz I intend to order a Mint from our friend Yip in Hong Kong.IMHO the biggest advantage of the Freickert is also its biggest let down: namely an accurate spindle pivot measurement that has no use when you actually align the cartridge on the predetermined null points. A custom built arc protractor built for the spindle pivot distance of your arm as measured by a Freickert should yield optimum results.
It would be interesting to see the change in alignment, if any,required by the Mint.