adjustable azimuth headshells?

[brianjrealto]

anyone ever use these on their turntable? seems like a great headshell to fine-tune the azimuth adjustment. I have a Sanyo 825D turntable (sanyo's best from the 70's) with a Grado Gold1 / 8MZ stylus upgrade

REK-O-KUT ADJUSTABLE AZIMUTH HEADSHELL FOR TRANSCRIBE,
S-320 MKII AND S-260 MKII ARMS

"This headshell is made specifically for the TranScribe tonearm, but will fit most others. This Precision magnesium headshell has multi-stranded cartridge cabling (Litz wire), adjustable azimuth, and gold flashed connectors and arm pins. Instead of one alignment pin at the top of the connector, it has two; another at the bottom. Weight 12.0 grams."

seems the stock headshell on my turntable doesn't exactly have the best azimuth with my cart in place. seems just slightly tilted to the right, barely noticeable. maybe this headshell would improve the tracking??

any thoughts?

 

[danj]

I have a similar headshell, made for the Sansui SR828. Adjusting azimuth is very easy but does require a light touch.

 

[Ilikevinyl]

Most s-shaped arm that has a removable headshell, you can move the headshell left or right a few degrees before tightening the locking collar. That will give you an azimuth adjustment. The headshell pictured will give you a much more azimuth adjustment, plus it has two pins that fit into the end of the arm. Make sure your arm has two slots (vertical) to accept that headshell.

 

[Frank Sol]

I use a Sumiko HS12 Headshell + Dyna DV-20x2L on my SL1200

Once I adjusted the Sumiko the 1st time there was no need to do it again later on and as Ilikevinyl said... there is slop (play) in the locking collar

BTW - I think that is one reason some people dislike the SL1200's arm so... You have to pay very close attention to the azimuth setting

 

[jkilla]

The Jelco headshell that came with my Jelco 750D, the HS-20 has adjustable azimuth but one thing to notice is that it has two collar locking pins. meaning it's like this

-O-

Not every tonearm can accept this so be aware of that

 

[brianjrealto]

The Jelco headshell that came with my Jelco 750D, the HS-20 has adjustable azimuth but one thing to notice is that it has two collar locking pins. meaning it's like this

-O-

Not every tonearm can accept this so be aware of that

i could always file down that 2nd bottom pin with my dremel! :thmbsp:

 

[SteveA]

Used a couple of Sumiko HS12s when I had my PL-71. They worked well but required care and delicacy to set up.

The Pioneer arm had the two slots to accommodate the two pins on the head shell.

Steve

 

[dosmalo]

One other thing to consider is the weight of these head shells (if that is a concern).
I don't recall seeing an azimuth adjustable coming in at 9 grams or less.
There very well may be some, but I haven't seen them.

But, yes, Dremel do rule and they are very handy at taking material away and if you're good at it you could "sport-a-rize."

 

[brianjrealto]

One other thing to consider is the weight of these head shells (if that is a concern).
I don't recall seeing an azimuth adjustable coming in at 9 grams or less.
There very well may be some, but I haven't seen them.

But, yes, Dremel do rule and they are very handy at taking material away and if you're good at it you could "sport-a-rize."

interesting point...the current headshell is 8grams. But, I added 3grams of mass to the headshell with a small weight to increase mass. It seemed to help the grado Gold track better than without the added mass. I tried a few experimental things to get the most out of the cartridge and the added mass seemed to help on my Sanyo turntable setup...

but, the rek-o-kut headshell i refer to is 12grams, so it is about the same mass as the current headshell setup with the extra 3grams weight.