Dear Jtinn: Certainly the Ortofon people at Ortofon ( Denmark. ) has the same advise and they does not talk about " follow your ears ". Next is the answer direct from other Ortofon Chief:
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Hi Raul
There are some things that might go wrong when you are using such a low VTF.
I certainly wont recommend that!
Most critical is that you will probably damage your records do to mistracking.
Remember that the Replicant 100 has a very narrow (sharp) edge!
Secondly (and third) you might have wrong VTA and SRA.
So the coils will be in non-ideal position and misaligned rake angle will cause distortion and record wear.
Ortofon cartridge are designed to have correct VTA and SRA when used with correct (i.e. recommended) VTF in a tonearm parallel to the record surface.
The range of VTF that is indicated in the data-sheet gives you the limits for adjustment.
Hope these comments helps you
Best regards
Leif Johannsen
Chief of acoustics and technology
Ortofon A/S
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I posted about " minute/tiny " mistracking even if we can't detect and about coild position, both subjects IMHO are critical for the cartridge performance.
Of course that we audiophiles normaly follows our ears and like Mike each one of us made/make what give us better musical pleasure.
Thank you Mike to share your A-90 experiences.
Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
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Hi Raul
There are some things that might go wrong when you are using such a low VTF.
I certainly wont recommend that!
Most critical is that you will probably damage your records do to mistracking.
Remember that the Replicant 100 has a very narrow (sharp) edge!
Secondly (and third) you might have wrong VTA and SRA.
So the coils will be in non-ideal position and misaligned rake angle will cause distortion and record wear.
Ortofon cartridge are designed to have correct VTA and SRA when used with correct (i.e. recommended) VTF in a tonearm parallel to the record surface.
The range of VTF that is indicated in the data-sheet gives you the limits for adjustment.
Hope these comments helps you
Best regards
Leif Johannsen
Chief of acoustics and technology
Ortofon A/S
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I posted about " minute/tiny " mistracking even if we can't detect and about coild position, both subjects IMHO are critical for the cartridge performance.
Of course that we audiophiles normaly follows our ears and like Mike each one of us made/make what give us better musical pleasure.
Thank you Mike to share your A-90 experiences.
Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.