If the sound is as it should be in the middle of the record, it's not likely a VTA issue. It's likely either anti skate, and/or incorrect overhang setup. I wonder if by "noise" you mean distortion. I'm guessing the latter, but if you are hearing extraneous noise it may be that these records are damaged. A good test is to play one on a turntable known to be correct.
Vinyl headache from hell!!!
I’ve been a vinyl user for around ten years and for the past month I’ve been dealing with various issues on all three of my turntable setup that have got me so frustrated to the point of hindering my ability to troubleshoot these issues. So I’m deciding to focus on one turntable setup at a time and turn to the many experts on this forum for opinions, tips, and ideas.
Turntable one is a TW Acustic belt drive with Morch tonearm and Benz Wood cartridge: the problem is if I play a record from the beginning and playing through the lead in grooves there is static like noise on the L channel for around thirty seconds and eventually goes away. This happens on MANY records I play. If I play the record at middle of the song, chances are it will play fine without the static like noises. Your thoughts?