Help setting up cartridge VTA

I agree that VTA/SRA should be set by ear. In the broadest sense the idea of raising the tonearm post to increase attack and lowering it to make the sound smoother is correct, however I listen for different things than the other posts. First, when VTA is exact and "locks in" the surface noise on the record is presented in a different plane than the music. It will sound completely seperate and be very easy to tune out even on fairly damaged discs. Second, when listening to solo vocal music the voice will take on a three dimensional quality, throat and mouth being part of one continuum. It sounds tough but the change, at the perfect point, which unfortunately may vary somewhat by record, is very easy to hear even to the untrained ear.

My experience with the Grado cartridges is that they too sound best with slight negative VTA.