Azimuth and the Fozgometer


Finally received the Fozgometer after a 2 month backorder. In the past I have always used a loupe and a front surface mirror to set the azimuth on my Tri-Planar with Dynavector XV-1S cartridge. According to the meter, I was very close to a correct azimuth. I wasn't prepared for the effects that a very slight adjustment would make. Nailing the azimuth has brought my soundstage into tight focus. I have never experienced this kind of solid imaging in my system.
I know that the $250 price tag is a bit steep for something that won't get a lot of use, but this is not a subtle improvement. There are other ways of measuring azimuth, that I am not very familiar with, but I would doubt that they are as easy to use as the Fozgometer.
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Mauidj, I thought "baited breath" looked funny so I googled it. It actually should be "bated breath" where bated is a contraction of abated or almost not breathing in anticipation. Thanks for the fun of looking up all these crazy words and phrases in English. As usual, Shakespeare is credited for first using it.
Some people will spend $5000.00 on a cartridge and another $5K on a tonearm in a blink of an eye but will cheap out on a "proper" alignment protractor and digital scale and on and on... and rely solely on their "trusted" ears.

I do not have a FOZ. The Cartright...... where do i line up??

Call to Peter Lederman. Stop making cartridges for a few weeks and get this thing tested and on to the market. The market is flooded with all kinds of cartridges. We need something to align them properly. Not more cartridges.
Tbg. Many thanks for the insight. Yes...had I thought through the meaning then I would have spelt it correctly. How often we say things without being fully conscious of what we are saying.
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Dear Madfloyd, You are the umpteenth person to be stumped by the operation of the Fozgometer. I have not even seen one first hand, but I wrote above and elsewhere that the instruction manual must be sorely lacking, if indeed gave you one when you buy the Foz. My point: have you read and re-read the owners manual, assuming there is one? Does it address your issue? If not, call the maker. None of us here will know as much about this product as they do (or should). I think that to assist you properly, one must understand how the Fox is supposed to work, how it arrives at what it calls proper azimuth adjustment. There are several electronic methods and several endpoint goals one could aim for. The best set of tools I ever saw for azimuth is the Dr. Feickert kit. Unfortunately, it is even more expensive than the Foz.
Left out a word; should have written "if indeed they gave you..."

Frankly, I am a bit suspicious of the Cartright, because it claims to do so many things in a package that is not much larger than the Foz. But I have an open mind, and I do respect Peter Ledermann. (I respect Jim Fosgate, too, but I wonder what he was thinking when he marketed his product.)