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Can't set rake angle right even lowest VTA (digital microscope checked)

Following Michael Fremer's instruction (makes sense) to set up stylus rake angle with digital microscope (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otysEyET6yE) and found that with lowest VTA setting, my angle is 96 degrees (from starting point of 102 degrees! when arm is parallel to the record with the target of 92 +/-1 degree). Cartridge is Ortofon Kontrapunkt C (recommended VTA 20 degrees, now at 23 degrees), VPI 10.5" arm. It definitely sounds a whole lot better esp mid range and high but arm/stylus almost had no clearance to the record. This is weird and I shouldn't need to set the height at the bottom of the tonearm tower. Tracking weight is 2.6 gm within recommended range.
Thoughts are appreciated.
goldeneardoc

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avanti1960
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So if you raise the tail to level the needle must lean forward by an extreme amount then - 6 degrees or so?  
Something is not right with that cantilever- possibly bent downward.  
avanti1960
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WIth the tonearm tail as low as it can go, the stylus is 4-degrees from vertical (90-degrees)?  
If you look at the stylus from the side, does it lean to the front or rear of the tonearm?  
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