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Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood

I have about ten hours on the cartridge, which is connected to the VPI Scout and JMW 9 tonearm. Just changed from Dynavector 10x4. The Clearaudio sounds a little harsh, especially on vocals. Midrange seems to be lacking a certain sweetness that I know is on some of the albums I am playing (e.g., CSN). Played around with the VTA and didn't help as much as I would like. Any suggestions, or should I just expect improvement as cartridge breaks in?
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shasta
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The distributor told me 20 hrs on break in, for cart and leads. As mentioned, off-VTA will be noticeable; (but isn't that true for all carts?) Prlcs's post is close to my experience. It jumps out at you when going a wee bit negative on the VTA from parallel.

Is your preamp loading per mfgr. recomendation for resistance and capacitance OK?
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