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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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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.
dan_ed
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That's cool. People say similar things with regards to Lenco turntables as well.
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thom_mackris
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Tvad,

It's one thing to have a feature on a tonearm (VTA on the fly) and quite another this feature to not compromise the basic tasks that a tonearm is intended to provide (sonics).

I'd opt for inconvenience (omitting a feature) if its implementation compromised sonics. This is of course, a slippery slope between ergonomics and sound however, and everyone has their own tolerance level for performing different tasks.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
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