Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board?

Posted by BLZBUB (A) on October 27, 2001 at 17:36:05

After mounting my SME 309 onto my VPI armboard & ascertaining that the arm, when in locked position, was lying parallel to the ends of the board, I discovered that the arm didn't quite swing far enough to reach the end of LPs. In order to get the arm/stylus to play an entire LP, I needed to shift the entire 309 assembly a bit to the left. The armboard was purchased directly from VPI, predrilled for the 309, so I am assuming it was done correctly. Outside of cosmetic considerations are there any potential problems associated with the arm not being mounted perfectly straight in its board? The cartridge, BTW, is properly adjusted with respect to SME's protractor. Thanks.

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Topic - Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - BLZBUB 17:36:05 10/27/01 (7)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - Mark P 10:40:41 10/29/01 (0)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - Ken Lyon 00:45:06 10/28/01 (3)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - BLZBUB 10:53:44 10/28/01 (2)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - Ken Lyon 21:27:32 10/28/01 (1)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - BLZBUB 10:27:06 10/29/01 (0)

Re: Does Tonearm at rest need to bisect tonearm board? - analog Eric 19:56:02 10/27/01 (1)

Ditto on that one A.E.!!! I see no probs. either!(nt) - Dman 23:11:15 10/27/01 (0)

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