Ahhhh...breaking in a cartridge.

Everyone who was mixing a song over a period of a few hours and listened to this a few days later, knows that our ear accustoms quite strong to a frequency response. I will not say that anyone is wrong here, but think about it.

Sorry for spelling, i am German :-)

Edit: And we hear not as good as every day. Temperature und humidity also brings some changes. To evaluate a cartridge it needs a longer time as a few hours.

It would be nice to have a counter on our 'tables so it could keep track of hours for us. I mounted my Sumiko over a year ago, but I couldn't begin to wager a guess of how many hours I've used it? Most likely less than I think. Does it sound better than when first mounted? I've changed cables, a new amp in my rig, even a new CD player, I honestly have no frame of reference to tell? But, it may sound better, and surely doesn't sound worse. It was a major step up from my previous cart, so I was pretty impressed when it was first mounted. But, what I have gained from this discussion is that I need to go back and refresh my setup. Now that the suspension has softened up a bit the tracking angle must have changed. Here's a question for you contributors, what is your favorite setup record? I've always worked by eye and ear, a setup disc could improve my accuracy. 

"alpha_gt129 posts02-20-2017 2:31amIt would be nice to have a counter on our 'tables so it could keep track of hours for us"

I use one of these. A click per record side. About 20 minutes. Not perfect, but close enough for me. Also useful for tracking when to change fluid in record cleaning machines. Great cheap audio accessory.

https://www.amazon.com/GOGO-Counter-Carnival-Manual-Mechanical/dp/B001KX1VW2

I have the same. If i sell a cartridge, i can honest say how many LP´s are played with it.

@nandric 

 ''Wein,Weiber und Gesang'' ( wine, women and music).

That's a proper warm up!