Always set VTA to the thinnest records you play especially if you have a modern fine line stylus. Why? With these styli set up correctly the oncoming face of the stylus is exactly 90 degrees to the surface of the record with the main axis of the stylus at 92 degrees. As you play a thicker record the SRA will drop from 92 degrees to 91 then 90 degrees and the sharp edge of the stylus will tend to ride over the modulations. If you were to set VTA for a thick record when you played a thinner one the SRA will increase to 93 then 94 degrees and the sharp edge of the stylus will tend to cut into the record increasing wear. If you drag a knife across your forearm canted one way the edge will glide over everything without harm but if you cante the blade the other way and you drag the knife across your arm in the same direction you might want to have some bandages ready. I hope I managed to explain this correctly 🤔
Lyra owners!
Hello everyone I recently put down a down Deposit for a new Lyra Delos cartridge for my heavily upgraded Oracle Delphi mkIII with sme iv tonearm. I have a large collection of vintage records and a modest amount of 180gram vinyl. After hearing the Delos is crucial on vta angle. I am wondering wether to set up the cartridge for regular 120gram vinyl or 180gram. I’m the the kind of guy who keeps it simple and would just rather set it an leave it. Not too worried about changing it for each individual vinyl. Also I’m wondering what ratio of step up transformer for the cartridge. I have a music first audio classic sut with 3 different ratios 1-20 1-10 1-5 with 6 different loading positions and a open circuit. Let me know your thoughts On setup and ratio loading. Thanks
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