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But it's a Linn in a Ekos arm with 3 point fixation system.
As technology marches on, some of the old audiophile ways become lost arts. Do you still have the skills needed to set up and align a cartridge on a tonearm and turntable?
I'm one of the folks that have been installing and setting up cartridges for most of their lives. I did my first cartridge setup at about age 18, in the early 70s. There was a lot of expertise available and it wasn't yet the age of cartridges that cost a month's salary. The lessons I learned (by trial and error and with the help of more experienced friends) have stood me in good stead through the past 30+ years. It's not rocket science, just finicky!
I handcrafted my amplifiers and my pre-amp, as well as my speaker wires and interconnects. I like to be in control of my system and I would not feel comfortable ceding that control to a dealer for cartridge alignment. Besides, my turntable and tonearm have achieved vintage status and I probably know more about them at this point than most dealers.
None of your answer seemed to apply. Here is my sitituation. I have a 20 old turntable/arm combination. It has been set up for a long time. I still have a lot of records but rarely play them. CD's are just to convenient, reliable and maintainence free to spend a lot of time with the turntable.
I enjoy the process of setting up a new cartridge. It's so much more satisfying than plunking a component down and plugging in the power cords and interconnect. I also find analog more musical and involving than digital, although digital is getting very close IMHO.
I enjoy setting up my cartridge, although I kind of feel like I'm cheating with my Graham 2.2 tonearm. The Graham set-up jig really makes it easy to align the cartridge in armwand, but there's a lot more left after that task is complete. I use a test record, but do not have an oscilloscope. Setting up the cartridge is part of the overall fun of playing vinyl!