Musical Surroundings Fozgometer V2 Azimuth Range Meter

Recommended Component 2024 – Stereophile

Upraded Version of a Must-Have Turntable Accessory

The new, upgraded Fozgometer V2 azimuth range meter from Musical Surroundings is a unique tool to optimize your phono cartridge azimuth for the best sound from your turntable. The new V2 model features higher sensitivity, greater accuracy, a new analog meter, and the option to use an outboard power supply as well as a 9v battery.

Getting the best phono cartridge azimuth is a key parameter for achieving optimal imaging and sound staging. To do this properly, your phono cartridge’s azimuth must be calibrated correctly. Today’s line contact and micro line styluses have a very small groove contact area as compared to elliptical styluses, thus requiring finer adjustment. Correct azimuth alignment assures the highest channel separation and best channel balance, providing outstanding sound and imaging from your vinyl records.

"Recommended Component" Honors

Stereophile honored the Fozgometer V2 by awarding it the magazine's coveted Recommend Component status for 2024.

According to Stereophile, "The V2 version of this analog azimuth meter features higher sensitivity than the original version, which means that even with the lowest output cartridges, the tonearm wires can be plugged directly into the Fozgometer. MF compared the Fozgometer's accuracy against that of his digital oscilloscope and found that it wasn't meaningfully worse and that the result was far more quickly and easily obtained, especially using a free spreadsheet from WallyTools."

"Well Made, Really Easy to Use"

"I found the Fozgometer well made, really easy to use, and accurate," reports Michael Fremer in his review of the original Fozgometer for the May 2010 issue of Stereophile magazine. The Fozgometer gets my highest recommendation!"

"Much like a good digital scale, the Fozgometer takes the guesswork out of one more aspect of turntable setup. Highly recommended!" notes Jeff Dorgay in his review for Tone Audio.

"A delightful accessory for vinyl enthusiasts," opines Chris Martens in The Absolute Sound magazine.

A Breakthrough in Azimuth Adjustment

The Fozgometer represents a breakthrough for adjusting your azimuth. The Fozgometer is a small portable device used in conjunction with a test record. It measures channel separation, channel balance, and signal direction quickly and accurately.

Readings are taken without touching the meter, leaving your hands free to work with the tonearm. The meter reads channel separation in both directions, and channel balance. The LED's indicate Left, Center, and Right signal (test tone) positions. Simple and easy, the Fozgometer is the first tool of its kind to help you maximize the performance of your cartridge!

Without the Fozgometer, you will have to “eyeball” the azimuth setting or use an oscilloscope, AC voltmeter, or computer program. These methods can be complex and time-consuming. But the Fozgometer is easy to use in addition to being highly accurate.

The original Fozgometer was introduced in 2010 and to date has sold almost 5,000 units worldwide. The new V2 continues the tradition of Musical Surroundings providing the best of everything analog since 1991.

Product Features

Overview

Azimuth calibration device for phono cartridges
Compact and east to use
Battery-operated – or use with optional AC adapter, sold separately
Reads channel separation, channel balance, and signal direction
LEDs indicate Left, Center, and Right signal (test tone) positions

Fozgometer V2 Upgrades

Higher Sensitivity
Greater Accuracy
New Analog Meter
Battery or AC Powered (with optional AC adapter, sold separately)

Product Manual

	Musical Surroundings Fozgometer V2 Owner's Manual (PDF Format)

	Musical Surroundings Fozgometer V2 Calibration Check Guide (PDF Format)

Recommended Component 2024 – Stereophile

"The V2 version of this analog azimuth meter features higher sensitivity than the original version, which means that even with the lowest output cartridges, the tonearm wires can be plugged directly into the Fozgometer. MF compared the Fozgometer's accuracy against that of his digital oscilloscope and found that it wasn't meaningfully worse and that the result was far more quickly and easily obtained, especially using a free spreadsheet from WallyTools."

- Stereophile, March 15, 2024

Products Of 2022 - Accessory of the Year 2022 - Stereophile

"The $400 Fozgometer V2 is a convenient and seemingly accurate device that's easy to recommend for setting azimuth. Making house calls—helping friends with their turntable issues—will be much easier thanks to the Fozgometer V2. It beats having to shlep around the oscilloscope, a computer, and an oscilloscope-probe-to-RCA/XLR interface. Every audio club should have a Fozgometer V2 available for members to use..."

- Stereophile, April 27, 2022

"Product of the Year" 2010 - The Absolute Sound Magazine

"Jim Fosgate's ingenious and fairly-priced Azimuth Range Meter...diagnoses azimuth irregularities by accurately reading channel separation and channel balance, as well as signal direction. Nicely finished with a large readable meter... operation is a snap"

- Chris Martens, The Absolute Sound magazine, October 2010.

"What used to be mildly annoying at best and a major struggle at the worst... is now one simple operation with the Fozgometer. Much like a good digital scale, the Fozgometer takes the guesswork out of one more aspect of turntable setup. Highly recommended!"

- Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio, Issue #28 - April 2010

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