Grimace, have you tried lower than parallel? Many cartridges correct vta is lower in the back than level.
Reducing scratch impact with VTA???
I encountered an odd phenomenon last night. I was re-setting up my cartridge (AT OC9) and decided to lower the VTF to make the cartridge as parallel to the record as possible. On clean vinyl this did have the effect of smoothing out the highs and reducing brightness etc. Good all the way around.
The unexpected thing is what seems to be a reduction in the impact of scratches on playing. I have an old DG Bluenote that has a lot of scratches that were really noticeable on my old cartridge that seemed to be lessened with the new setup. I was actually expecting the scratches to be more pronounced because the cartridge is more sensitive and this definitely turned out not to be the case.
Anyone else ever experience anything like this, or am I imagining it?
The unexpected thing is what seems to be a reduction in the impact of scratches on playing. I have an old DG Bluenote that has a lot of scratches that were really noticeable on my old cartridge that seemed to be lessened with the new setup. I was actually expecting the scratches to be more pronounced because the cartridge is more sensitive and this definitely turned out not to be the case.
Anyone else ever experience anything like this, or am I imagining it?