Uni-Protractor Set tonearm alignment

I enjoyed your review.

For me, I want to do a better job finding the center of the pivot on the 10.5i arm with the Uni-Pro. Perhaps the reticule can be of a different color? Since it is white, it is a bit tough to see against the silver of the 10.5i arm. This issue is not limited to Uni-Pro. Feickert and Clearaudio also has this issue. The center rod is too skinny for the center hole of the 10.5i arm pivot. At least the Uni-Pro provides a reticule.

Dear Jazzgene, good point here ! On black colored finish tonearms the UNI-Pro's reticle will be best as it is, but I will pick up your suggestion and will have a batch of reticles w/black hairlines made in 2nd production run. I will provide a reticle with black hairline once the 2nd production run is ready to ship, which will be end first week May.
Cheers,
D.

I am very happy that you can change the color of the reticule. Thanks. Great customer service. Looking forward to getting it.

Here is my review of the Uni-Pro. Received it in great shape. Well packed and bomb proof. I liked how you packed the unit. I did notice a few freebies such as the ruler and the light?

Upon setup, I noticed a few things that could be improved.

1. the center pin is a little short for my liking as my Dynavector has a lower pivot piont. I think a longer pin would work much better and would not hurt the design.

2. like Jazzgene said, The lines on the centering device is very difficult to see on lighter/shiny tonearms especially the FR66s and my DV507. I believe should the lines be anothter colour instead of white would be much easier to see.

3. Numeric markings on the acrylic arm like the Feikert would be a bonus.

Now to the strong points.

This thing is built like all German made stuff. Serious, tough and the word precision written all over it. Looking into the magfier proved an easy task on this system as it has a large enough lens.

Upon checking my setup, I noticed my alignment off by a little. Correcting it via the Uni proved easy enough.

Now to the sound. The setup (DV507) after using the Uni was more solid and focussed. It also proved itself as after the adjustment as there was slightly less surface noise (quieter) and less grain in the music.

So far this is the first tonearm I have setup with the Uni. Will do my other tonearm when I get time this weekend.

Now to the milloin dollar question.....Is it worth $800? I will leave it up to you. If you are like me who regularly sets up turntables, It is definitely worth it's asking price. Also if you own a resonably priced analog rig and plan to go deeper into analog, You owe it to yourself to get one of this UNI's and setup your own turntable instead of getting someone to do it for you.

My Uni-Protractor had just arrived. Although I am not yet in position to put to use, may I offer a quick initial impression. As a watchmaker for many years I developed an utmost appreciation of finely crafted precision tooling. Overall, I am very impressed. The price outlay is very small compared to my, or many others, TT setups. I feel very good costumer service here, and that this is just a beginning for Dertonarm.