Tracking force and Unipivot tonearms

On many arms tracking force will change with changes in vta. If your scale is not measuring at EXACTLY the same height as a record then you may not be getting an accurate reading of tracking force anyways. Changes of a few tenths of a gram can easily happen within a few millimeters of difference between a scale platform and actual record height. If the cart sounds better and is tracking better my experience would suggest you are may be at a more ideal tracking force than previously. If you were saying it sounded less dynamic and kind of thick/muffled/bass heavy I might be more worried. Scales seem simple, but they can be tricky. It's worth investigating...

Your tonearm as mentioned dozens of times in dozens of threads, well, it sucks.

How old is your Benz? If it is new, it might just need some break in time.

True, much has been written about the shortcomings of the JMW9. The thing is that I never play my music loud, so I doubt that vibration is really a major issue.

I was intrigued on a more current thread where Jcarr eluded to the fact that many carts may not be designed with recommended tracking force and actual trackabilty at this tracking force. He mentioned that for many cartridge makers, the variance in recommended tracking force range is so great ex 1.7 to 2.2 grams as opposed to 1.7 to 1.8 grams. Why such a wide range of values?

Also, in this case Benz says the recommended tracking force is 1.7 to 2.2 grams. They do not say Caution: any tracking over this recommended range will damage the cartridge. At least I do not see it anywhere.

It is true that the Graham arm is a more expensive arm than the JMW 9 and probably much better. However I have a Denon 103 Cartridge which tracks perfectly through each track, no inner groove distortion and this cartridge is not a match for my tonearm as far as resonance is concerned. Tracks great though. Why?

Maybe my expectations are a little high for a table that cost 1800.00 I would think that I may not get the detail and quality of sound that is possible with a "better" arm but I would certainly expect it to track a record at this price point. This tonearm has been used on their more expensive platforms. Could it just be a cartridge issue? Maybe some just do not track as well as others? I have read threads with people having tracking issues even with the great Phantom tonearm. Maybe the recommended tracking force will according to the manufacturer "sound best" within this recommended range but may not track as well in this range? Is this possible?

my benz is older, but hardly used. That may be part on it