.....the output of most moving coils is just not the same side to side and usually the cartridge will be slightly canted to one side or the other for equal crosstalk from each channel......
This I find a very interesting comment and it explains why, when my preamp is set to mono and using the HIFI test record azimuth check, I could never get what approached silence with the headshell as perfectly perpendicular to the LP as I could get it by eye. When I got it right with the record, the cartridge looked ever so slightly askew. Is this a defect in the cartridge? Will record damage occur with a "canted" cartridge?
This I find a very interesting comment and it explains why, when my preamp is set to mono and using the HIFI test record azimuth check, I could never get what approached silence with the headshell as perfectly perpendicular to the LP as I could get it by eye. When I got it right with the record, the cartridge looked ever so slightly askew. Is this a defect in the cartridge? Will record damage occur with a "canted" cartridge?