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DHT4ME wrote:

… Suspensions either harden or soften.

Actually I know everything (:-) about the suspension and VTA. I can hear VTA very well. In fact contrary to what people say the Shelters are very sensitive to VTA. My feeling is that VTA and suspension are not guilty. You see, in order the a cartridge to compress that much the VTA what be off too much. I use cards on SME 3012 to measure FTA and now I am at 17 cards. Even if I was at 9 cards that would be WAY too low angle then I would have many other very severe problems and some very-very minor compression. My point that I have no “other very severe problems”. The bass at high dynamic range is perfect, so I conclude that VTA is where it shell be and suspension did not change, at least the static suspension…

DHT4ME wrote:

If you have not used it in a long time try a test tone LP with the LF bands for cart resonance and play it a few times. This will work it near the resonance safely and restore it a bit.

Yes, It will be a next step but I am sure that it will be fine.

DHT4ME wrote:

Unless you smoke or have bad ozone your cart is still young.

That is VERY interesting. I never thought about any connection between cigarette smoke and cartridges. I do not smoke casually but I do cigar and sometimes quote intensely. In fact over the period that I did not spin records a lot I had a few parties in my room with absolutely insulting amount of cigar smoke – literally was not possible to see the wall of the damn room. Do you think it might have an effect to the cartridges?

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