Cartridge Tracking Force

...believe it or not i was always placing the cartridge tracking force without any gauge to measure by the stylus tracking angle.
i now decided to buy the tracking force gauge and set up finally the cartridge tracking force in the appropriate range as instructed and did not get positive results.
my initially set tracking force of >2 grams was better performer than the one set with the gauge 1.5 grams -- what a waiste of bucks.

...forgot to mention that the cartridge was relatively brand-new (only 2 hours of playing) after i've acquired tracking force gauge.
and after all i'm still above arround 0.2...0.3grams above the upper suggested limit.

You're right Ron, I recently placed spacers between cartridge and arm-shell to increase profile since my VTA was already set on the lowest level.

Now my "sweetest-to-ear" tracking force is 1.63g measured by CartridgeMan.