VTA and SRA?

Yogiboy,
There's lots of stuff recently posted here on Audiogon (search SRA if you want to know more).

The vinylzone link is mostly a simple and straightforward explanation of the terms.

The other one, from Absolute sound, is confusing and vague, and the author appears to not have looked into the subject thoroughly, as he has to tweak his responses to comments from others.

His view on anti-skate (he doesn't use it) also begs the question of how far he has looked into things and the consequences (to his stylus and records) of his decision.

Thanks JG!

same thingie

They are the same thing. VTA = vertical tracking angle; SRA = stylus rake angle. Both are measures of the angle of the stylus to the groove along the axis of the cantilever. The measure of the angle of the stylus to the groove perpendicular to the axis of the cantilever is called azimuth. Hope this helps.

They are absolutely NOT the same thing. I started the following thread right here on Audiogon -- long before M. Fremer figured it out by the way;~):
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1140840022&openmine&Nsgarch&4&5&st0

Unfortunately, my IP doesn't support my picture files anymore. Sorry.
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