How do you level your turntable?


Short of buying a 400 dollar digital level, what have you found that really does the trick. I've tried various cheap bubble levels with fair to poor results.
rloggie
An excellent bubble level on this site: (http://www.analogueseduction.net/acatalog/index.html?http%3A//www.analogueseduction.net/acatalog/_Turntable_Setup_Tools.html&CatalogBody) Proper leveling(of the platter) is absolutely essential for good reproduction via vinyl.
I use a bubble level and a Sears digital level that cost about $25. I guess I am as anal as most of the audiophiles here.
I use a 12" carpenter's "torpedo" level.

Ya gotta level your platter to the best of your ability. When mine was off about 1/3 bubble, I was getting the weirdest phase anomalies and balance problems. On one mono album, the sound seemed to come from from the front window to my left--90 degrees left of the point between the speakers.

Using my trusty Sears Craftsman level to get the bubbles to level longitudinally, laterally, and diagonally fixed all this.