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VTA Q: Rega P25 with Clearaudio Aurum Beta S

Am I likely to need one of the VTA adjustment devices for a stock P25 when using a Clearaudio Aurum Beta S cartridge ?

The reason i ask is, i find i get much better sound on thinner LP's (such as Deutsch Gramophon releases from the 1970's of which i have a hundred or so and primarily listen to) than i do from the 180gm and particularly the 200gm current re-issue LP's i have been buying.

Phono preamp is a Musical Surroundings Phonomena FWIW.

It seems to be a VTA issue, but the real difference in thickness on the records is pretty small (though i can see where small differences would be big changes for the stylus).
I am looking for input from others who have used the P25 before throwing money at it.

I have only just recently gotten into vinyl, primarily as a result of finding a mint collection of classical LP's for peanuts prices
yetiman

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rauliruegas
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Hi Doug: You told us that to adjust the VTA/VTF the only way is by ear. Well as you already know there are others ways to do it in a best way: ONE - Invert the polarity in one chanel, put your preamp in mono way ( switch ), put a mono record and listen for the least output sound ( this will be the correct adjust ), TWO- We can use the Audio Technica AT 6020 analizer and THREE - Put a mono record with a signal at 1khz ( we can choose severals frecuencies ) and with a PC we can do the job in a scientifically way using the Spectra software.
So, there is no " only way ". BTW the correct way to named this adjust is: VTA/SRA/VTF.
Regards.
Raul.
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