dman777
... I did not readjust the VTA... I had it at 0.5 ...
That doesn't really make sense. You had the VTA at .5 .... what? Pickup arm offset from level by .5 degrees? That's not how VTA would be measured. Did you mean VTF? If so, .5 grams VTF is way too low for just about any phono cartridge.

