THORENS TD 160 HD - Manual (Page 32)

Only a painstakingly aligned pickup is able to compliment
the outstanding sonic capabilities and potential of this
record player. If you consider the alignment too difficult
to be carried out by yourself, do not hesitate to ask your
Thorens dealer for a helping hand.
ATTENTION: when aligning the cartridge great
care is once again obligatory in order to avoid
that the delicate stylus or sensitive parts of the
tonearm are being damaged. If you are a new-
comer without any experience it is better to leave
this work to an expert who knows the specific
characteristics of most pickups and tonearms.
A badly aligned pickup will be well on the way
to yield bad sound and to damage your precious
records!
Azimut: is the angle between cantilever/stylus interface
and record groove. It should be exactly 90° (excluding
those cartridges in which the cantilever has purposely
been installed with a slight offset). Azimuth cannot be ad-
justed on the TP 250 / TP 300. It is therefore most im-
portant that a pickup with precise azimuth is going to be
Alignment of Pickup Cartridge
Offset: is the angle between the longitudinal axis of the
pickup and the tonearm‘s longitudinal axis. In all pivoted
tonearms (like the TP 250 / TP 300) the optimum value
is to be found between 21° and 24°. Dedicated pickup
alignment gauges required for this adjustment work are
available from your Thorens dealer.
Overhang: is the distance between the stylus tip and the
centre of the platter spindle. For the TP 250 / TP 300 over-
hang should be 17 mm. Special pickup alignment gauges
required for this adjustment are available from your Tho-
rens dealer.
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