The VTAF is causing me to lose sleep. It arrived in the mail yesterday, and I installed it after dinner. I ended staying up past midnight listening to records! I even played a record this morning before leaving for work - so it's making me late for work too. - John Austin
USING THE VTAF:
Listen to your records and make adjustments as you go. With the tone arm pedestal set too low, expect the bass to be on the bloated side, and the highs to be diminished and unexceptional. With the pedestal set too high, expect the bass to be thin and the highs to be harsh. In the middle ground you will find appropriate taut bass, and enticing highs.
Some records are not redeemable, but many are. Your best records can be surprisingly good at the right VTA.
Each complete turn of the adjuster wheel changes the height of the tone arm pedestal by exactly 25 thousandths of an inch. The index mark on the adjuster wheel will help you count turns, but there is a much better way, which is easy to do even in low light, a help for those with vision problems.
To easily determine and repeat VTA settings, find or purchase a standard deck of plastic coated playing cards to use as a thickness gage. See Figure 9. The cards are durable, flexible, easy to use, and won’t mark your equipment. Each card is about 10 thousandths inch thick. Each turn of the adjuster wheel is equivalent to about 2-1/2 cards thickness. But why bother with inches, when you can count and record the VTA setting in playing cards?
When you get an album dialed in, write the number of playing cards on a small Post-It note and stick the note to the record jacket. The next time you pull out the album, turn the wheel to the desired setting as indicated by the playing cards.
Listen to your records and make adjustments as you go. With the tone arm pedestal set too low, expect the bass to be on the bloated side, and the highs to be diminished and unexceptional. With the pedestal set too high, expect the bass to be thin and the highs to be harsh. In the middle ground you will find appropriate taut bass, and enticing highs.
Some records are not redeemable, but many are. Your best records can be surprisingly good at the right VTA.
Each complete turn of the adjuster wheel changes the height of the tone arm pedestal by exactly 25 thousandths of an inch. The index mark on the adjuster wheel will help you count turns, but there is a much better way, which is easy to do even in low light, a help for those with vision problems.
To easily determine and repeat VTA settings, find or purchase a standard deck of plastic coated playing cards to use as a thickness gage. See Figure 9. The cards are durable, flexible, easy to use, and won’t mark your equipment. Each card is about 10 thousandths inch thick. Each turn of the adjuster wheel is equivalent to about 2-1/2 cards thickness. But why bother with inches, when you can count and record the VTA setting in playing cards?
When you get an album dialed in, write the number of playing cards on a small Post-It note and stick the note to the record jacket. The next time you pull out the album, turn the wheel to the desired setting as indicated by the playing cards.
The improvement is really amazing. More clarity and detail and the bass is both deeper and more focused. The VTAF has really made adjusting effortless. - Richard Vince
Pete Riggle Audio
2112 S. Olympia Street, Kennewick WA 99337, USA
shop phone: 509 582 4548 email: [email protected]
VTAF™ Trademarked. U.S.Patent No. 7630288. Website content Copyright © 2019 Pete Riggle Audio, All Rights Reserved.
2112 S. Olympia Street, Kennewick WA 99337, USA
shop phone: 509 582 4548 email: [email protected]
VTAF™ Trademarked. U.S.Patent No. 7630288. Website content Copyright © 2019 Pete Riggle Audio, All Rights Reserved.