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Acoustical Systems AXIOM Owner's Manual

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AXIOM
©
the
reference tonearm
owner's manual
picture by
Harry Ralston

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  • Page 1 AXIOM © reference tonearm owner’s manual picture by Harry Ralston...
  • Page 2 picture by Moritz Teichmann...
  • Page 3 A brief word The AXIOM is the result of my more than 30 years of intimate research and preoccupation with analog by the designer playback - the interaction of the record groove with the cartridge and tonearm in specifically. The AXIOM is the true reference tonearm I always wanted for my own use.
  • Page 4 General note: Technical data and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. version 10/2014...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Technical features & general design Alignments Unpacking the AXIOM Mounting the AXIOM Setting up the AXIOM Balancing the AXIOM Antiskating Setting vertical tracking force Setting horizontal operation point Aligning the AXIOM The genuine alignment template for the fixed head version AXIOM only...

  • Page 6: Technical Features & General Design

    Vertical tracking force can be set by static means (adjust counterweight and/or trim weight position relative to bearing point) as well as by The AXIOM is a 12” pivot tonearm featuring magnetic force. double nano-gimbal bearings. It is possible to adjust VTF very precisely It can be operated in static balanced, full during actual play.

  • Page 7: Unpacking The Axiom

    Tangential alignment • (1) metal screwdriver (with selection of blades inside) It is of course possible to align the AXIOM to the standard tangential curves of Baerwald, • (4) 90° Allen wrenches - Stevenson or Loefgren in any version and metric sizes 0.89, 1.27, 1.5 and 2.0...

  • Page 8: Mounting The Axiom

    M5 thread in the desired distance from the center of the spindle. Now do take the AXIOM and hold it in place vaguely at the spot above the M5 thread. Please check approximately how much the AXIOM has to be elevated so that it’s arm...

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Axiom

    - 90° Allen wrenches - size 1.5 and 2.0 mm horizontal plane. Select your trim weight first. Make your choice The AXIOM is now sitting in place. Now do based on the cartridge you want to mount in take an UNI-P2S, a SMARTractor or an other the AXIOM.
  • Page 10 Lightly tighten the set screw in the tungsten 9x10(-6) dyne: main counterweight. - please select the tungsten trim weight. Now do take the stainless steel (or the tungsten set with SME-version of AXIOM) set of lateral stainless steel weights. tungsten brass Place the selected trim weight in the POM- One of the 2 cylinders features an Allen screw.

  • Page 11: Balancing The Axiom

    Please look at the AXIOM’s mounting board. Around the single M5 screw, which fixes the AXIOM on your turntable, you see 3 invert Allen M4 screws forming a circle. Please take the small spirit level and the T -shaped 2.5 Allen key driver.

  • Page 12: Setting Vertical Tracking Force

    To minimize any negative effects implied by anti-skating, the skating compensation on the AXIOM is dynamic and can’t be set too strong. Please take the 1.27 mm Allen key and attend the small Allen screw barely visible on the top right backside of the AXIOM’s bearing house.

  • Page 13: Aligning The Axiom

    Common VTA/SRA is set at the cartridge itself - easily done in the AXIOM with fixed mounting head, as it features the unique SRA/VTA mechanism of the Arché headshell.

  • Page 14: The Genuine Alignment Template

    Make sure to take full advantage of the unique cartridges to modern tangential alignments in a alignment options featured in the SME-version unique precise way. of the AXIOM. For best results possible please use the You can - by altering/adjusting the overhang SMARTractor© or the UNI-Protractor©...
  • Page 15 There is no error possible during assembly, as all the parts do only fit and joint in one specific way. This is the special AXIOM template as it looks acrylic template I when fully assembled. screw black knurled knob (2) First select 1 of the (3) 20 mm POM spindle adapters.
  • Page 16 copyright & design: D.D. Brakemeier Distributed by: Manufactured and assembled in Germany for further infomations: www.acoustical-systems.com info@acoustical-systems.com...

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