I know I'm very late to this conversation, but just found it. I have a Scoutmaster with a new Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony and noticed the same brightness at first. Drooped the VTA a bit and ran the tracking force at the high end (2.4+) to no avail. Then I realized the cartridge was coupling in high frequencies from the tonearm quite efficiently. A simple fix I found was replacing the supplied stainless screws with nylon one. Huge difference. I plan to further decouple it with something of my own design and will report.
What is best VTA for Clearaudio Maestro Cartridge?
I have a new Super Scoutmaster Reference turntable. I have put my 2 year old Clearaudio Maestro moving magnet cartridge on it. The sound is very bright and rather harsh. What is the best VTA setting for this cartridge- level, tipped forward a bit, or tipped back a bit?
Does anyone have any other set up ideas to get this cartridge sounding better?
Thanks,
PS. The Maestro sounded great on my tricked out Rega Planar 3, my previous table.
Does anyone have any other set up ideas to get this cartridge sounding better?
Thanks,
PS. The Maestro sounded great on my tricked out Rega Planar 3, my previous table.