Listening is good.
Another question though: What are the margins for the needle's placement in the cantilever? Is it really that exact between different carts of the same model? Or different models? Small margins here would make a lot of difference in VTA/SRA, and the question regarding the tone arm's position, relative to parallell or not to the record, quite uninteresting.
Another question though: What are the margins for the needle's placement in the cantilever? Is it really that exact between different carts of the same model? Or different models? Small margins here would make a lot of difference in VTA/SRA, and the question regarding the tone arm's position, relative to parallell or not to the record, quite uninteresting.