VTA Adjustment

I would certainly contact the distributor if you find anything about the included documentation to be less than fully informative or totally clear. If you got this from a local dealer, they should be helping you to set it up correctly, or more likely doing it for you. (BTW, "playing weight" presumably means VTF/vertical tracking force, which is not the same thing as VTA. These adjustments will all depend on the cartridge you are using, which should also have documentation.)

No Ohlala, it's not like I would know about this distributor, but I know an elitist attitude about the qualifications for admission to the analog fraternity when I see one (what's wrong with learning by doing?). You're right, of course - a TT's manual shouldn't necessarily be expected to give fundamental lessons on the why's and wherefore's of set-up geometry. But the documentation with this particular TT sounds substandard - and anyway, a good distributor should always be willing to help out customers who purchase his products, so don't lay it on Mythtrip (or me) if this distributor doesn't fit that description.

Well Ohlala, I didn't figure you really were - or maybe meant to be - an 'analog elitist' (or one of any kind), based on my knowledge of you from numerous other threads. And I knew you weren't trying to put me down for not being familiar with the NA distributor. It was just that it seemed you were chastising Mythtrip for presuming to buy a TT without first being experienced or already having a good theoretical grounding in matters analog. Since he's given us an inkling that 'knows what he doesn't know', so to speak, I didn't see any call to discourage him (or anyone else, neophyte or not) when he comes to the forum asking the right questions. Peace, Z.