with a little help from Richard Grey, he suggested readjusting by lowering the back of the arm below parallel
the grating sound is gone and I was able to dial in the vta and get lucious sound again. although I am gettting more surface noise
it appears my cantilever has settled where the cartridge is riding lower towards the record surface. Lowering the back of the arm from parallel is giving me better sonics. is there a problem with the cantilever bending up too much?
Tom dont feel bad i bit the ZYX bullet a while back also. Broke the stylus off my Universe.
What i did for break in differently the second time was log my time in 20 minute measures per side with the old fashioned line method. I used 20 mins. because that about the average. Since mid Sept. i have logged 225 hours on my Universe. You will hear the differences in break in for sure. Good luck with your new ZYX.
I agree Mr Mehran is one of the best in all of audio. Runs a knowledge and prompt audio business and a fine person.
new cartridge is on, nailed my mint setup still breaking in and it's fabulous no mistracking, great presentation through the whole spectrum and tonally balanced, does sound a hair restrained from a fully broken in cartridge but not by much
I think my damaged cantilever was making vta overtly sensitive
thanks for all the help and Mehran for fabulous service
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