Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary?

Jyprez, yours is a good starting point. Try very slightly lowering the arm in the back and take a listen. Continue lowering very slightly until it gets worse rather than better. If your sound is disproportionately coming from one channel, you may need to adjust the azmuth or left/rightness of the cartridge looking straight on to the arm over the cartridge. This too can be adjusted by ear, but the best method is to reverse on channel and playing a mono record, listening for the lowest sound level as one side will be out-of-p'hase with the other.

Raul, your needs are different in terms of buying and selling cartridges or in your ability or willingness to tell us your first-choice arm/cartridge combos? I will tell you this. REGARDLESS of motivation, affiliation, or "needs", I find it EXTREMELY offense and counter productive when a guy basically tells someone else that they made a mistake by buying this or that item (especially in a decidedly condescending tone) and then doesn't have the balls to come through with their “right” answer. I know you’ve mentioned a Moerch arm – but no model, no complementary cartridge – nothing. Yet you blast Doug for his choices.

Look, I appreciate as much as anybody your spirit of questioning, not accepting dogma as fact, and an occasional kick to the anthill. But, constantly citing problems, mistakes, and misconception as you see them by others without giving detailed alternatives is deceptive, very unhelpful, and perhaps downright cowardly. Sorry, that’s my take on your actions of late. Sure everyone is here trying to learn, but you're not educating anyone - unless you count educating them that you merely take issue in a nasty way without giving at least what you feel is the correct "way". It's like a math teacher telling a student they failed to find the correct solution to a problem but not telling them the correct equation - and, frankly, it's getting old!

Is Raoul the Mexican version of Romy the Cat?

4yanx: You can't understand because you are not follow the
the "old" dialogue between me and Doug.
Differents needs in testing analog rig. "...does not have the balls..", your expresions are out of place. Be serious.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Meow meow, it's Raoul the cat--el Gato de Tapachula...