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VTA on a Triplanar

What VTA setting do most Triplanar owners use/recommend ? Appreciate that there are a host of subjective variables ie the cart, record thickness, VTF, listening preferences etc etc but I reckon there is an optimal range or reading on the scale of 1-11. From my experience with a Lyra Skala and VTF of 1.60 gm, a reading of around 5.5 on the VTA cylinder( taking the reading from the top of the silver cylinder in line with the vertical scale and NOT the horizontal line in the middle) appears most promising but am still learning and experimenting.
Would appreciate any comments/suggestions.
Cheers
sunnyboy1956
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audiotomb
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search out some threads by doug deacon
"triplanar vta"

a lot of us here adjust vta on every record with a quick dial up in the opening passages

as mike said - you can hear the results rather dynamically
tvad
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01-19-09: Mikelavigne
one of the great design features of the Triplaner is that VTA can be set
dynamically (as you are listening), it is easy to change, and the changes are
repeatable (there is a scale).

I read this just yesterday. It was mentioned as a great advantage of this arm
over other arms, and one reason it carries a high price tag.

The tonearm on my Technics SL1200 MK II also has easy-to-change, VTA on
the fly with a scale, so it's repeatable.

I realize the two arms aren't comparable, but I find it humorous when a feature
found on a sub $100 arm is touted as something unique on an arm costing
thousands of dollars. Perhaps what's unique is that more arms in the price
range of the Triplanar don't have on-the-fly VTA.
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sunnyboy1956 OP
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Mikelavigne:
Thank you for some excellent advice.suThe cart has been set up with a MintLP etc.I guess I have been far away from a blissful state of mind for too long and that does'nt really help VTA or anything else.Wow what a fantastic system you have!!
Tvad:
Would have appreciated your tongue in cheek more if I had'nt forked out 4.7k! Did we exchange notes on an CJ pre many moons ago?
Cheers and Happy listening
dan_ed
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Tvad, read Mike's post again. He didn't say it was unique, you added that part. Your joke has no punch line. ;-)
tvad
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My post was not a joke.

The uniqueness of the VTA-on-the-fly adjustment on the Triplanar was mentioned in an article I read on a stereo review website, not here.

My comment was not intended as a response to Mikelavigne's post in this thread.

My comment was an observation that a feature many find helpful, and one that is not widely available on many high end tonearms, is shared by the $4.5k Triplanar and the <$100 Technics. I find that humorous in its irony...not in its jokiness.

Hope that clears things up.
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