VTA and SRA?

Can anyone explain what the difference is? Or are they a horse of another color? Thanks!

yogiboy10-24-2013 5:40pm

jyprez Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 241 posts 10-29-2013 at 05:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If the ideal VTA is 20 degrees off the horizontal, then I assume the ideal SRA is 20 degrees off the vertical, correct?
jyprez Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 241 posts 10-31-2013 at 01:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well, I'm a mathematician so I'm certainly not challenged by geometry but I am challenged to measure 1 or 2 degrees angle on something I can barely see.
jyprez Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 241 posts 10-31-2013 at 01:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not trying to be dense here but the articles above from TAS and vinyl zone seem to contradict each other on SRA. The first shows SRA measured off a line running along the back edge of the stylus while the second says it is off a line running through the vertical axis of the stylus.
jyprez Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 241 posts 10-31-2013 at 02:41pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ah, now I get it. Thanks Doug! As always we can count on you to sort out the confusion.