How long does it take you to install a cartridge?

10 minutes because I bought a Well Tempered Simplex that has a fixed mounting distance just because I felt that I could no longer be confident that my setup was correct. I used to have a Moerch arm on an Amazon turntable and I don't think, even with the MintLP protractor that was made for the combo I ever go it right. Always something that I didn't like distortion wise. The Simplex plays silently and no distortion at the inner or outer grooves. Love it.

The one thing I learned about the Mint LP and the painstaking time to get the overhang and zenith spot on is that in the end, the cantilever flexes anyway, hopefully offset by proper antiskating. It will never be perfectly straight for the whole LP side. What I am trying to say...overhang, very important to get spot on, zenith not so much...only the best you can and don't lose sleep over it. Just some deep groove thoughts.

I guess i go overboard backwards to avoid the standard audiophile turntable setup madness.
No problem in my book for folks who fuss over it.. just that is not me.
Like VTA foreach LP.. maybe for the folks who do it, they find it worthwhile.. Not me.
Same for fussing over cart setup. Fussing over it? I would ratherthrow the damn thing out.
Just me and why I onky spend ten minutes.. Eventhough many say a careful setup improves the sound.
Also, IF any actual LP genius was around to do the setupp, well yeah i would pay to have it done. But since all the idiots I have seen only do about what I do and then charge $100.. No thanks

It depends on who is doing it. LOL

I always try to weasel out of the task. Besides, I have friends who do it a lot better than I can.

(Otherwise, maybe thirty minutes.)

30 minutes and that is because I have to change resistors in my Phono Pre.
Use the KWIllis Protractor for easy accurate setup. Highly recommended.