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RE: What's still missing...

Hi Tom,

I do own a copy of the Ultimate Analogue Test LP. In fact it's what started this discussion. Because I got completely different results using it than my Shure Test record (see previous post of mine). Consider the following two points.

1) If test records give such different results than what are the chances of regular records being all consistent? You would assume test records are made with a little extra care for quality. I say "assume".

2) John has a vacuum platter on his turntable and used it with his measurements. You would again assume that his readings would be more consistent because of the elimination of warps etc. I use a turntable with a screw down clamp and a concave platter. This would make the problem of inconsistent results even worse you would think.

I can only come to the conclusion that Azimuth is unimportant and you are better off leveling the tonearm and forgetting about it. Although you might gain something by using a bunch of different test records (like John did) and just setting the azimuth for the middle (average) setting. This would probably give you the best chance of getting it close to right for most of your collection.



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