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Arm Heighth on VPI Classic

HELP! Have a Classic 3 and just bought a 200gram lp; so, I'm assuming that I need to adjust arm height for the thicker lp. Classic 3 manual says to make sure to loosen BOTH set screws before making adjustment. For the life of me, I can only find the one black knob on the tower. Where's the second one? Do I turn the tower clockwise to raise the arm and how much turning should I plan on?
rockyboy

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dreadhead
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Don't adjust the arm height to compensate for the difference in album thickness. It's not practical and can cause more issues down the road.
dreadhead
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Jrsbat2
If you are comfortable with what your doing and feel its worth the extra effort and you hear an improvement then by all means carry on.
This thread reminds of a question I posed here awhile back, I was in the habit of moving my floor standing speakers each time I played an album to better the sound hitting my sweet spot. It of course was not a practical solution for listening and I took the advice of fellow members and abandoned this practice. I believe a quality set-up should just be that, set up and enjoy, with an adjustment now and then as needed. I don't remember how many stylus's I've accidentally destroyed in my obsessive fidgeting but anything more than one is too many. Take the advice of people much more savvy then me on this topic and let your combo do what you purchased it to do, effortlessly play your beloved vinyl while you sit back and enjoy.
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