Precisely! That's all we are sayingWell, I understood this all along, but the original poster was talking about correlating the cartridge's output voltage with the linear velocity of the record.
This is the correlation I said I didn't understand and I don't believe exists.
Everything else is clear to me. Maybe I misunderstood the post itself, wouldn't be the first time... ;-)
There's variation in sound quality between outer tracks and inner ones, due to the in formation being more densely packed together on the inner grooves, but not "output level" differences. Nobody has to turn the volume up as the inner tracks are played.

