Tawa, The Mint tractor is made for an specific toneram/ turntable cambo. The Uni Din or other so called 'universal tractors' are average tractors for all purposes. But the difference between spindle dimensions by different turnatables can be considerable. Your hope to find the Uni Din second hand for $100 make no sense to me because for the same money you can get a more pricise tractor for your specific tonearm/turntable combo. |
Tawa, If you want to try an alignment like UniDIN, you can use a two point protractor with similar nulls. The difference between the various alignments for a given arm basically amounts to setting up to different nulls, as explained here: http://odysseytonearms.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Formulae I am sure that if you wish to experiment without spending a lot, it would be possible to use the free Chpratz protractor from VE. Or, if not that, then have Yip make a Mint for a specific known effective length or mounting distance using given nulls. The important thing with any protractor is to persevere with trying to obtain the required zero error degrees when the stylus is on the nulls. |
Hi dear John, What a pleasure to read the lecture of a real professional. I have no idea about possible deviation of the different spindle thickness by different turntables. Yip consider them as important for the precision of his Mint tractor. But he sells them so 'some objective' info looks also important. Will you be so kind to explain the issue? Tawa, Google for 'Arche headshell' or 'Archon MC cartridge' to find all Dertonarms inventions. |
