HTA? oh ok I get it. It's the SME's overhang adjustment right? The modern SMEs have holes instead of slots to mount the carts on so the only way to adjust overhang on a fixed arm board is to slide the entire arm forward or back. In the Phantom, and almost any other head shell or arm wand I've seen, overhang is adjusted by moving the cartridge forward or backward in the slots provided for the mounting scews.
So no the B-44 doesn't have HTA just plain jane mounting slots on their wands only a compatible mount.
As a result set up procedure is quite different. After establishing the proper pivot point using the little white cap that goes on the spindle and mounting the arm on the arm board or arm pod, the wand is removed and it's the cart's turn to be mounted. The cart is then aligned using the supplied alignment tool so the stylus is positioned in either the L1 or L2 position with the cantilever parallel to the vertical line in the case of the Phantom 1 or between the two points in the Phantom 2. Screw the wand back on, adjust VTA, VTF, Azimuth and Anti-skate and you're good to go.
I've never had tracking or alignment problems using the supplied tool but there's no harm in trying other protractors. Just make sure you get the pivot point dead center.
