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In the Thread: Vinyl Ceremonies: Repeatable VTA
Post Subject: All Good (No Bad)Posted by Paul S on: 1/18/2009
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It turns out that I have up to now done a very poor job of guessing a record's thickness just from looking at it or assuming thickness based on the label, so measuring thickness and developing a corresponding arm height adjustment strategy is definitely the way to go.
As a bonus, as "hard" a tracer as my cartridge is, yet there is sufficient slop in its optimal tracking range that I only rarely need to fine tune once I've set VTA according to record thickness.
These two facts alone make predictable and repeatable VTA all good.
The biggest human benefit of quick-set VTA has been more time spent listening to Music, versus sound.
If nothing else, hi-fi has been much more relaxing since I instituted this change.
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