Where's Doug Deacon when you need him?! lol
Speaking of Doug, I have not seen him post here in some time. Is he OK? Anybody know?
Somehow, I hope some of what I wrote might be of help.
Never forget to cover all bases I say, and one should not ever overlook things that are assumed, and thought to be correct.
You can best believe, any Unipivot Arm is going to be a PITA to set up. That you're going to have to invest more time, versus a dual pivot design.
Tools help. And the better the tools, the better the accuracy.
But Doug's advice always rings in the back of my mind.
His take will usually always revert back to trusting your ears.
That one cannot solely rely on VTF Scales, no matter if it is a $600 Winds Scale. That 1.7g VTF might work just perfectly on your friends Dyna DRT XV-1 Cartridge, but that doesn't mean yours will follow suit.
Nor any form of tool to aid Azimuth will necessarily be ultimately best, that the ears will always be the final criterion in most matters concerning vinyl playback.
About the only tool perhaps one shou;d place sole trust in, is a highly accurate Protractor. And which one is that?
Many have opted for the MintLP Arc Tractor, versus VPI, Dennison, Fiekert, etc etc. I myself think it is an outstanding tool, with little peer.
When people like Thom Mackris of Galibier suggest such, and another common sense no BS person such as Bill Feil conclude to settle on such as a no holds barred, no BS tool as thE MintLP Protractor, trust that they can find no reason to slam such in any form.
Keep experimenting. You'll most likely continue to improve your set-up. Mark
