Tonearm alignment question

I would recommend correcting the tonearm S2P distance sooner rather than later. You may be causing groove damage with an improperly aligned cartridge.

I have a MINT protractor. HIghly recommended. Definitely the best $100 I've spent on my analog chain. Doug's ME stylus cleaner is right up there too as far as value and effectiveness go.

Taylor,

Nice tonearm! The Phantom is at least the equal of my TriPlanar (arguably better). It will reward the best setup you can do.

I hope you have the the newly redesigned Graham tool that adjusts for the height of the cartridge. The original tool didn't, which severely impaired its accuracy. The new one's an improvement but it still can't match the results obtainable with a fine arc protractor.

I own two TTB protractors and they don't even match each other. Even if they did, they're blunt instruments vs. the micro-surgical precision of the Mint.

Get the MintLP for your table Graham arm configuration. I can tell you from experience that the Graham jig has some error in it and cannot get anywhere near the alignment accuracy of the Mint LP arc protractor.

Great advice ... a Mint protractor it will be!

I think Peterayer makes a good point and that shifting the cartridge in the headshell to accomodate the S2P distance error will not be a good idea. If it were this simple, there would be no need for a correct S2P distance.

Well, shifting it to get eff. length and overhang right is better than NOT shifting it! ;)