For the first time in a while I agree with mijostyn. And testpilot. I have very expensive cartridges and on-the-fly VTA adjustment. I also rely upon the amazing Brian Walsh to set up my tables. I have had the pleasure of having him to my home five times. Not once has he counseled me to adjust VTA depending upon the thickness of each record. Nor would I. The quality of the pressing far outweighs the importance of optimum VTA/SRA for each recording. Life is short. If you are so OCD as to desire to achieve optimum SRA for every record, good on you. It is a noble goal for sure. To draw an analogy, I know people who can not stand the thought of driving a dirty car for a single day. Or even driving a car with a dirty windshield. I once knew a guy who would get down on hand and knees with a toothbrush and detergent to scrub the tile grout in his kitchen immediately after hosting a dinner party. His wife divorced him, go figure. To each their own. Each of us needs to decide how to live and what is important and what is not. Sorry for playing armchair psychologist and life-coach.
VTA my compromise in setting
I installed a new Audiomods Classic Six tonearm replacing a 37 year old Rega RB300 . During install I had to make a decision on where to set the VTA since it has to be locked in . I settled on using a 160gr record for my compromise , this being only a little lower than many of today's 180gr and slightly raised for most of my 50's , 60's and 70's collection . This leaves my few 200gr and those 100gr to 120gr RCA dynaflex records very compromised .
For those who have the option to lock your setting in where did you decide to compromise ?