Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary?

It's funny. I jokingly wondered the same thing to another member in an e-mail and then saw Francisco's post about a half hour later. Eerie.

How about this for a practical answer? If you are debating whether to spend $200 to allow EASY and REPEATABLE VTA adjustment and you think that you will be adjusting VTA on an even occasional basis, buy it!

Raul, if you are buying all of these cartridges new, then "testing" them, only to sell them in a month or two, you are wasting more money that Doug ever dreamed of wasting! Of course, as you say, people are free to waste their money at their own whim.

You have indicated that you have tested quite a wide variety of tonearms and cartridges. Please provide us with your first-choice combo at, say, three different price levels. Should be easy for you after all of this testing and would give us your "reference points". Thanks

Raul, your needs are different in terms of buying and selling cartridges or in your ability or willingness to tell us your first-choice arm/cartridge combos? I will tell you this. REGARDLESS of motivation, affiliation, or "needs", I find it EXTREMELY offense and counter productive when a guy basically tells someone else that they made a mistake by buying this or that item (especially in a decidedly condescending tone) and then doesn't have the balls to come through with their “right” answer. I know you’ve mentioned a Moerch arm – but no model, no complementary cartridge – nothing. Yet you blast Doug for his choices.

Look, I appreciate as much as anybody your spirit of questioning, not accepting dogma as fact, and an occasional kick to the anthill. But, constantly citing problems, mistakes, and misconception as you see them by others without giving detailed alternatives is deceptive, very unhelpful, and perhaps downright cowardly. Sorry, that’s my take on your actions of late. Sure everyone is here trying to learn, but you're not educating anyone - unless you count educating them that you merely take issue in a nasty way without giving at least what you feel is the correct "way". It's like a math teacher telling a student they failed to find the correct solution to a problem but not telling them the correct equation - and, frankly, it's getting old!

Ha! I guess when you've been banned from about everyone site you're joined, the ultimate solution is to start your own..... Wish he would take as much time to describe what he likes instead of what he doesn't like. Romy - Mr. Half-Empty, himself.

Good thing he doesn't know what's in my system cause all my "brands" have gotten a pass! ;-)

I'm wondering what it would be like to replace my MSE Gen II's with Poiema, but there's that pesky cash issue.....