Dynavector XV-1S tracking force issue

HP is full of crap and he does not spend his hard earned money on cartridges, we do.

I have owned XV-1 for around 9 years and 2.5 gms of above does not give any sonic benedfit. In my system I have always found between 2 and 2.1gms sounds best.

cheers

Good say it, Downunder.

Raul.

Surprisingly nobody seems to load it higher than the recommended tracking force. I wonder what happen to those who claim it sounds better at 2.5-2.6g. It would be interesting to hear abt their experience.

I had an old xv1 and tried the HP 2.6-2.7g tracking. There was nothing special about the sound so I dropped the vtf back to 1.9+g

from experience the XV1s rides best between 1.95-2.1g with
minimal antiskate. Almost no antiskate. I set mine approx 0.6g

Dear Audioblazer: You already have posts ( including mine ) where the persons share their experiences at high VTF.

In the other side I think that no one ( but HP. ) in his " sane/healthy " judge can set the VTF so high for everyday play when not only the coils are not centered with a degradation in the cartridge performance but where the cartridge suspension can be damage and where at that high VTF the LP's can be damage too.

So IMHO it is not " surprising " like you say but more : XV-1s owners with knowledge and care on the VTF subject.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.