I appreciate everyone's input on this issue. It appears that there are several VTA options available for Michell turntables, but they do not appear to be user friendly. It also seems that VTA is such an important adjustment that I am beginning to question the purchase of this tonearm.
I was told by a dealer that having a VTA adustment and not knowing what I was doing was worse that not having it at all. (Its a less important setting is what I gathered from this message.)
Why would anyone want to buy a tonearm that does not offer such a performance critical adjustment in the first place?
I am rather suprised that someone would invest such large amounts of money into a precision product like a turntable; go through all the trouble of leveling the table, the suspension, the tonearm, nit-picking over isolation and damping, and then place a tonearm that did not provide a easy and ACCURATE way to adjust this crucial parameter.
Perhaps this is why I am being offered this deal in the first place.
I want to thank all of you who contributed and I certainly welcome any new advice on this subject. I really do not want to commit funds and regret it later.
For the time being, I will attempt to purchase a TT without the REGA 300 arm and look at other tonearm options. If I am convinced that an option exists to simplify the REGA setup than I will reconsider it.
I was told by a dealer that having a VTA adustment and not knowing what I was doing was worse that not having it at all. (Its a less important setting is what I gathered from this message.)
Why would anyone want to buy a tonearm that does not offer such a performance critical adjustment in the first place?
I am rather suprised that someone would invest such large amounts of money into a precision product like a turntable; go through all the trouble of leveling the table, the suspension, the tonearm, nit-picking over isolation and damping, and then place a tonearm that did not provide a easy and ACCURATE way to adjust this crucial parameter.
Perhaps this is why I am being offered this deal in the first place.
I want to thank all of you who contributed and I certainly welcome any new advice on this subject. I really do not want to commit funds and regret it later.
For the time being, I will attempt to purchase a TT without the REGA 300 arm and look at other tonearm options. If I am convinced that an option exists to simplify the REGA setup than I will reconsider it.