VTA change with cartridge age?

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As my Dyna 10X Gold hi ouput ages, it sounds better with lower VTA. What's up with this?
It sounded good a year ago at a particular height but no longer sounds good there. Did my ears change? Certainly, they have, I suppose. After all, there's photographic evidence that argues my hair and arms--but on the hair ON my arms--are thinner. Maybe the little hairs in my ears, the ones that conduct sound, are thinner, too?
; )
Hell, I don't know. All I know is that I had to drop the VTA lower than I ever had it, by a millimeter or two, to get the well-worn Dyna to sound better than CD again.
A grasp at a straw: Perhaps as a stylus ages, it makes icky in the upper mids sooner than other frequencies? And by lowering the arm's base, I de-emphasize that band and help to cover the grainy tracks by emphasizing the lower registers more?
Any thoughts?

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Topic - VTA change with cartridge age? - slowburn 20:53:45 08/06/05 (5)

Re: VTA change with cartridge age? - DKG 13:07:13 08/07/05 (0)

Re: VTA change with cartridge age? - Fred J 23:42:24 08/06/05 (0)

Not uncommon. - Elmo 21:38:18 08/06/05 (2)

Yesterday I lowered VTF on a year old cart significantly - AMSTAFF 09:04:19 08/07/05 (1)

Back in my day all you could do - Elmo 20:42:57 08/07/05 (0)

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