I think mijostyn et al are saying that azimuth changes when you adjust VTA. If not, please someone correct me. Yes, I think it would change by a very little bit, but one does not have free choice in setting VTA; VTA first and foremost has to be set to achieve the desired tonal balance and also to adjust SRA (whether one likes it or not, changing VTA is the way most of us change SRA). Thus, the final choice of VTA is very restricted by these other primary goals and would be a poor way to change azimuth. (In fact, I never heard of such a thing, so maybe I misunderstand what mijostyn and larryi are saying here.) But I do see their point that azimuth is secondarily slightly affected by VTA.
shibata or microline, pls respond ONLY if you specifically have tried both.
I only want to hear FIRST hand experience, not lecturing please.
These two seem too confusing to me. I have a VM540ML AT cartridge and cannot decide whether Shibata or Microline is better. AGAIN, PLS DO NOT LECTURE ME ABOUT **OTHER** EXPENSIVE CARTRIDGES.
To me obviously the music quality matters. However, I also give a lot of importance to how durable one stylus over the other one is AND very importantly, which one is easier (less finnicky) to set up. Also, it is important that the stylus does not degrade the vinyl excessively.
If you tell me an elliptical is easiest to set up but is 10% less musical, I would probably go with that too.
So.... any ACTUAL experience with either of these two styli ?
Thanks
These two seem too confusing to me. I have a VM540ML AT cartridge and cannot decide whether Shibata or Microline is better. AGAIN, PLS DO NOT LECTURE ME ABOUT **OTHER** EXPENSIVE CARTRIDGES.
To me obviously the music quality matters. However, I also give a lot of importance to how durable one stylus over the other one is AND very importantly, which one is easier (less finnicky) to set up. Also, it is important that the stylus does not degrade the vinyl excessively.
If you tell me an elliptical is easiest to set up but is 10% less musical, I would probably go with that too.
So.... any ACTUAL experience with either of these two styli ?
Thanks
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