Goldmund Studio/T3 with Helikon cartridge

I have checked as best I can that the arm is working properly. I have had no problems in the past with the previous cartridge and setup. The Helikon has been in use with the existing setup for several months and I detect no damage to records or cartridge from use at the higher than recommended tracking force. VTF was set using a Shure gage. I've been wondering if it is an issue of suspension breakin for the cartridge. Haven't tried going back to the recommended VTF now that the suspension has some hours on it. At the current VTF I only occasionally find a record that the cartridge doesn't like for some reason.

thank you. Where, may I ask, did you find this manual? I don't have any of this information and thought I had done a fairly thorough search for documentation.

It may not be English to you but, to anyone familiar with the arm, it makes sense.

Will

Well, that's an interesting bit of info that I hadn't heard before. One of the reasons I have the Shure guage is that I don't change cartridges or setup often enough to justify a very expensive VTF guage. The digital guages that I am aware of cost around $500 or maybe it was $400.

Any recommendations for an inexpensive solution that improves on the Shure guage (which cost me $20)?

Here's an update. I purchased a small digital scale recommended by an audiogoner and re-checked VTF. The digital scale reads slighly over 2.1 grams.

This takes us back to the original problem. Why am I having to track the Helikon at higher than recommended force to get proper tracking? My old cartridge had no such problem.