@bdp24 I’d just like to say how glad I am I spent the money for a Groovetracer Rega counterweight. The only way to get a Cadenza Mono to balance otherwise was to have the Rega weight half off the end of the tonearm, and a .50 calibre lead ball taped into the resulting hollow!
As for TT mats, I tend to think that if Alastair Robertson_Aikman thought his inbuilt mat was best I should believe him. I certainly don’t need the PTSD of getting out the USB microscope every time I take a mat off or put it back on, and surely if the VTA isn’t set precisely the same way each time, it is going to be very hard to make comparisons.