The vinyl engine has all the information you need to get the best sound from your records all completely free of charge.
Vinyle engin protractors.
Often copied but never beaten.
Some of the protractors posted on the vinyl engine are specific some of them are generic.
Database alignment calculator overhang shift calculator.
As well as a huge archive of owners manuals service manuals schematics and brochures we also have images articles and reviews for most modern and vintage record players and a friendly forum where visitors can share their knowledge.
The original and best tonearm database.
In a paper stevenson wrote in 1966 pickup arm design wireless world may and june 1966 it s somewhere on the internet stevenson shed a new light on cartridge aligment issues.
Regularly updated it currently contains mounting dimensions and alignment data for over one thousand turntables and tonearms.
Strobe discs check the running speed of your turntable.
Well there s no place like home home is where my turntable is and everyone should have a two point protractor.
Tonearm alignment calculator pro overhang shift calculator calculate optimum tonearm mounting distance and analyse changes in cartridge alignment.
Some of them are baerwald type one is loefgren and two are stevenson baerwald.
Linn baerwald alignment protractor.
Now this simplicity has a price.
Cartridge alignment protractors cartridge set up made easy with our free downloadable protractors.
Please note the alignment curve on an arc protractor is only suitable for the stated mounting distance.
Ok you say i knew baerwald protractors loefgren protractors what is that stevenson protractor.
Free protractor to align your turntable cartridge.
Arc protractors allow super fast accurate cartridge alignment.
An arc is designed for a given mounting distance and you re not supposed to use an arc protractor designed for a given mounting distance with another mounting distance.
Other protractors can be downloaded from the vinyl engine.
The vinyl engine also hosts a database of nearly every turntable cartridge and tonearm ever manufactured along with their specifications and in many cases both instruction and technical manuals as well as a range of tools for calculating optimal cartridge alignment tonearm mounting position and tonearm cartridge resonant frequency.
Do not use an arc protractor unless it matches your mounting distance exactly.