Dear Raul, The other reason or the main reason VP's cartridge was not aligned to his headshell was because his MintLP protractor was designed for Stevenson geometry, whereas the tonearm on his Technics tt was designed for Technics geometry. So, even if he were to use the cartridge body as his guide, his cartridge would have ended up twisted with respect to the headshell. At least this is what I understood from reading his initial posts.
I have read elsewhere, on Vinyl Engine I think, that the Technics geometry gives no null points across the surface of the LP, and most think it is therefore better to use Stevenson, the closest of the standard choices, when aligning cartridges in the tonearm on the Technics SL series tts. I guess this is why Yip chose Stevenson.
By the way, do you really think a bent cantilever straightens itself out under dynamic conditions of playing an LP? Sometimes, maybe.
I have read elsewhere, on Vinyl Engine I think, that the Technics geometry gives no null points across the surface of the LP, and most think it is therefore better to use Stevenson, the closest of the standard choices, when aligning cartridges in the tonearm on the Technics SL series tts. I guess this is why Yip chose Stevenson.
By the way, do you really think a bent cantilever straightens itself out under dynamic conditions of playing an LP? Sometimes, maybe.
