Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile.

Profitournesol, my post was referring to Sarcher30's comment above. He said:

"Having the headshell backward would allow you to get to the cartridge screws, and you would be able to adjust alignment like a normal arm. Instead of using that funky alignment jig it comes with. Unless having the headshell plate backwards would throw it's geometry off. Which it probably would."

He pretty much answered his own question. So bottomline is that when the headshell plate is backward, it is impossible to get the geometry correct.

The stylus has to be exactly below the pivoting bearing on the left wand to be tangent.

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Michael Fremer is someone who no-one in the audio should take serious. Michael Fremer is just comic relief.

You can't aligne it with a standard protractor because of the rotation of the cartridge thanks to both arms. You need the original alignment jig to get proper geometry

@Mordante

Fremer used to be a comedian, and once put out a comedy record. LOL!

I listen carefully to Michael. I find that most of the time I agree with what he says he hears.