My AT150MLX Cartridge has been misaligned for 4 years

Hey,

Thank you for the replies I will address each below:

@petg60: By perfect mean I am still experiencing some harshness on some records but the overall tonally quality is much better, things seem more controlled the bass is more defined. Again the system always sounded really nice but I knew I was lacking something within the setup, I felt it was just the pressing or this or that and I was tried on spending money. LOL, but once I changed the tubes and demo"d some records that never gave me a problem (again the inner grooves issue was not on every record) I was really impressed with what a two hundred dollar upgrade could do.  Even my digital music smooth up a-lot.

I do think Im on the right track I hope...

@chakster my overhang was too forward on the tone arm when I first got the TT I downloaded from Vinyl Engine a Stevensons protractor. I always found the bass to be off (not powerful or sometimes nonexistent) on some records. Also the inner grooves on used records was bad most of the times.

@dover Im not so sure about that because, the handful of records I have been playing since the adjustment which are records that always sounded good sound better and the ones that gave me problems seem to have cleaned up a bit. (but I still get some sibilance and harshness at loud peaks, again its not nearly as bad at it was say 48 hours ago) and Hardy Har Har :)

(but I still get some sibilance and harshness at loud peaks

You’re using a Rega 3? The arm has no VTA adjustment which is a challenge dialling in a cartridge with a fine profile. It sounds like it could go a tiny bit lower at the pillar end. You could try a shim above the cartridge. 

Yes P3 I do have the ringer spacer that Rega makes.

my overhang was too forward on the tone arm when I first got the TT I downloaded from Vinyl Engine a Stevensons protractor.

Stevenson is more backwards than others.

When you download and print something in the wrong size (it is always happens with home printers) then you are totally off. 

Actually I put the pdf on a thumb drive and brought it to kinkos to have them print to scale and laminate it LOL . I think this was my mistake because there are lines that you need to make sure are pointing at the pivot point of the tonearm I failed to do that.  The AVID protractor has it listed as the first thing to do.  Still spinning and all seems much better.

Thanks again follow up :)

Hope you all are staying safe during this crazy time...