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Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions

I'm contemplating the purchase of this brand of protractor.

Over the years I have relied on a good friend to mount cartridges and set up the few tables that I have owned in the past.
Relying on someone else to do this was for good reason.

I would never make it as a watch maker or any other profession that requires a fine touch and skill with steady hands.
The time has come where I will have to do this totally on my own.

My question to you owners of the Feickert protractor is what is your experience with it regarding ease of use and accuracy compared to other protractors?

Secondly, the disk has strobe markings for speed set up, does the Feickert package come with a strobe light for the $250. selling price?

I asked these question of a dealer sent via a e-mail and have not received a reply as of yet.

Thank you for your replies.
stiltskin
stiltskin OP
499 posts
 
Today I finally got around to using the MintLp Protractor.

Following each and every step of the manual to the letter, the results ended with the stylus being short of the inner null point...

Before I made any cartridge readjustments, I pulled the tape of the Mint and removed the erasers securing the platter in place.

Again, I carefully repeated the steps which ended with the same results.

I then made adjustments to the cartridge.

The stylus now traverses the entire arc with absolute precision.

What I experienced this afternoon I have to believe an arc protractor to be the tool of choice if you are looking for high precision in set up.

The Feikert protractor manual briefly mentions tangential stylus position in the groove at two points.

However, how can this be accomplished with accuracy?

Unlike the MintLp tractor ,the platter and disk of the Freikert are not secured from moving.

Hitting the null target points is easy. If your short or long just gently nudge the platter and or head shell to where you need to go.

By all means, correct me if I'm wrong about the Feickert design, and designs like it.

Because right now I believe I just dialed in my cartridge beyond what the Feickert could ever do.

islandmandan
848 posts
 
Mark, I'm glad to see you achieved similar results to what I did. This has to be the best money I ever spent on my analog front end. The difference is better than what most expensive upgrades will do.
This analog is good stuff!
Dan
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
After all this good press (and the nice photos of Dan_Ed's system on the MintLP website) I can't hold out any longer. I just emailed Yip for a protractor for our rig. Stay tuned...
jtimothya
551 posts
 
Because right now I believe I just dialed in my cartridge beyond what the Feickert could ever do.

Congratulations. Do you hear a difference?

FWIW - for holding platters and protractors in place, I use that blue painters tape used to mask off edges and borders - works like a charm and easy to remove with no marks left.

I just re-read the first several messages in this thread - been a bit of journey since the last 10 days of June, eh. :)
 
Tim
 
downunder
1,328 posts
 
I have one of Yip's Mint protractors coming as well in the post as we speak.

I am used the wally tractor on my old VPI JMW 12.5, however that is useless now that I have teh 12.7.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the mint goes vs the Graham Phantom jig alignment

Tim, sounds like you and your soundstage buddies need to do a comparison of several alignment protractors like the wally, mint, ken willis, db, freikert etc and publish it in soundstage.
Use your table/arm and someone else's. It would be interesting reading on the positives and minus's of each.
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