There is slight wiggle room to rotate the cartridge in the SME headshell even though it has two mounting screw holds rather than slots. One issue I found is that one must make sure the cantilever is parallel to the headshell edges when installing the cartridge in the headshell. It is still far better than using the cartridge in the headshell and also risking damage to the cantilever/cartridge during set up. However, with my vdH cartridges sounding best when the arm is raised in back, to get proper alignment, this places the jig at an angle where only the front edge hits the grid sheet. I find this tool works best when the armtube is close to level allowing the clear metal jig to lie flat on the grid sheet. That is, the two sides each flare out slightly toward the back, and the headshell edges are high above the grid plane, so your tool is much easier and accurate. This solves one problem I found with my original SME 3012R headshell: The sides are not perfectly parallel. I have been looking into the setup of this arm, but I have to be honest and say, Im a bit confused. I like the long straight sides that are parallel to each other for easy sighting and alignment. I have an SME 3009 S2 Improved tonearm with a fixed headshell on an ERA Mk6 turntable.
0 kommentar(er)
