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In the Thread: Vinyl Ceremonies: Repeatable VTA
Post Subject: Vinyl Ceremonies: Repeatable VTAPosted by Paul S on: 5/10/2008
I'm not sure why my DAC cut out, other than it's a short. Meanwhile, I am listening exclusively to vinyl, as opposed to mostly vinyl. I sure wish I had FM, but no sense worrying about that in these parts, not to mention all the records I've collected, right?
Now that I've got the K&K and VTF, etc, pretty much correct, I am also pretty much stuck having to get VTA dialed in one record at a time. Sure, "optimum" VTA might vary for a given record, depending on the electricity, but the acceptable "range" for all records these days turns out to be much smaller than it used to be, back when my phono stage wasn't so "good". Not only is my stylus the Ortofon "Replicant", but the whole system now either rewards or punishes according to due diligence with VTA, other factors being equal.
The electricity has mostly been bad for several weeks. Today has so far been an exception. It took over 2 hours, but the ML2's finally let go of the sound field and even mono LPs have ~ freed themselvs from the system.
Amazing to hear pretty much what the recording engineer heard when he mixed the sources, for better or for worse.
As I enjoy again the Oistrakhs playing Bach I am reminded what a PITA it is when I loose my way by trying to set VTA before the system lets go, and I am also reminded that the real useful range of VTA is not really that great between the thinnest and the thickest LPs.
However: the range and the "correct" setting are both quite significant because the effect of VTA is quite audible.
No, I don't like futzing with VTA.
But, how not to?
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