Cartridge Setup w/Geodisc by MoFi

A friend has a Geodisc and I have a Feickert. When setting up an arm where the pivot point can be easily sited, they come quite close to agreement on proper alignment (we used both on a Schroeder Reference). I much prefer the Feickert for ease of use, but the Geodisc is not too bad.

Rockyboy,
Dependent upon whether you decided to try the printable Tractor was willing to send you, maybe one way to enhance the Geodisc, would be taping a thread to the origin of sight line, stretching the thread to the center of Arm Pivot, then sighting down upon the Geodisc, lining all up correctly, like some do with the Turntable Basics Mirror Protractor.

I have all three on hand the Geodisc, the Turntable Basics Mirror ($20 plus shipping), and the MintLP.
All are Baerwald Null Geometry.

I felt the Geodisc was good, but did feel the TB Tractor made a slight improvement. The MintLP was a whole nother level better than both, but I don't think you'll find "bad sound" per se using the lesser Tractors, but just some good improvement in sound when using a Tractor with much better resolution like the MintLP.

Perhaps too, use a decent Jeweler's Loupe, or Magnifier with the Geodisc, to better insure you're precisely aligning the Cantilever with Null Grid, rather than just using the naked eye to sight either the Body, or Cantilever. It should help with better Cantilever Alignment accuracy. Mark

Great suggestions.

I need to try to absorb all the info that you guys have passed to me, as well as other info that I've pulled off the net. Really appreciate all your support. I think I have what I need to do a decent job of set up.

I must admit that I contacted a local stereo store today and learned they do cartridge set ups for $60. Will talk to the gentleman upon his return Monday and see what tools he uses. If I determine he's probably going to do a better job that I could (for example, he may also adjust VTA and stylus pressure too), I may punt and let him do it.

Hope you all have a happy and safe New Year!!

IMHO, you'd be better off learning to do it yourself. I once paid much more than that to get my table set up, and in retrospect, it was money wasted. If your "local stereo store" says they've set your VTA / VTF to their optimum values, how do you really know? Did they just level your tonearm and set your VTF to 90% of the maximum recommended value and call it a day? Did they pull out the osciloscope? If they set up your table, but you do not ensure your table it perfectly level (when sitting on whatever you set your table upon), you've thrown your $60 away. That money would buy you a quality steel ruler, a level, a Shure VTF scale, a small mirror - everything you need to set up this cartridge and many more.

Just my thoughts...

Thought I might get some flack from my last post.

Okaaaay, I'll muddle through and do it myself. Keep your fingers crossed. Won't get the cartridge for two weeks; so, I have a lot of time to learn the process.

Thanks for slapping me back into reality.