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I'm with JB on this and you drove home the reason, adjustments get in the way of many of us enjoying the music.

Posted by Teresa on January 31, 2009 at 04:32:51

In Reply to: Re: No need to obsess posted by paulcordingley on January 30, 2009 at 14:45:47:

A good case in point is Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA) on turntables, some people can set it and forget it. Unfortunately I had a SOTA Comet with adjustable VTA and it was ruining me enjoying music as I never thought VTA was correct, I guess because I never found a spot were all my LPs sounded right. I was adjusting VTA many times a day and sometimes several times during the same LP, this obsession was not helped by the fact that the thickness of LPs varies between 100 - 220 grams and not all cutting stylus cut at the same angle.

VTA is usually adjusted by loosening an allen wrench and raising the tonearm up or down by tiny increments. Very, very tedious!

My current Music Hall turntable does have adjustable VTA but I never go near it. It came pre-setup so there was nothing to adjust except dialing in the Tracking Force and the anti-skate. I can't change brands of cartridges because I will have to set the VTA and I know it will become a music ruining obsession with me.

I don't like playing with EQ for as once I start it never sounds right, and flat seems to be the best compromise and what the engineers wanted, so I love the "Music Direct" button because I only have a choice of "flat" as it takes the tone controls out of the circuit.

Filter settings would also be an obsession for me, I want to just play music without messing with adjustments or anything just wonderful music.

I know we don't need to obsess, but being that obsession is an audiophile's curse I prefer no adjustments on any of my equipment. Thus no obsession.

Give me high resolution or remain silent,
Teresa

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