Pro-Ject Align it DS3 Pickup Adjustment Template with 3 Different Geometries

effective adjustment gauge Align it DS3 is one of the simplest yet most effective adjustment stencils on the market. With it, you can easily adjust and align your pickups. It comes with detailed instructions and background information so you are well prepared to extract maximum sound from your plates. Unlike many other stencils, the Align it DS3 represents the entire tone arm curve from the outer to the inner zero. This is a great advantage for both beginners and professionals as it makes the process much more comfortable. You don’t have to constantly turn the turntable plate of your turntable when you switch from the outer to the inner zero point when adjusting your pickup. The Align it DS3 remains fixed and unmoved during setting on the turntable and you don’t have to worry about finding the right position again and again. Choose one of the 3 most popular geometries printed on the Align it DS3. Each has different advantages: Baerwald excellent all-rounder, ideal start geometry. Optimizes tracking of the inner and outer groove with focus on the middle area of your plate. Works universally well for many music tastes. Löfgren B optimises scanning in the middle plate area, resulting in the lowest average distortion between the zero points under the geometries. The inner and outermost grooves have more trace errors than the middle of your plate. Therefore, Löfgren B is ideal for modern records where the most important music pieces and songs are located in the middle of the record. Stevenson maximises the sampling at the beginning and end of the record by moving the outer zero point more outwards and the inner zero point inwards. Excellent for classical music ending in a large, culminating finale, for very long records with 25 minutes or more per page and for 45 RPM singles. Align it DS3 is suitable for all Pro-Ject turntables and many turntables and tone arms from other manufacturers, depending on their distance between pivot point and spindle.