melm, I hate to say it, but for stuff like this, the ears are woefully inaccurate. To begin with, most of us do not have equal acuity in both ears, not to mention equal frequency response sensing, and not to mention room effects, etc. And then there's the brain...
However, I also have no beef with just sitting the cartridge squarely at 90 degrees to the LP surface. This is a recent and radical change of thinking for me.
However, I also have no beef with just sitting the cartridge squarely at 90 degrees to the LP surface. This is a recent and radical change of thinking for me.