question on the thorens td166mkII re: vta

[conspicuous]

hi msm,

i could have posted this in the thorens section but i know you had this specific model at one point in time:



i have the same model with the stock tp11 mkIII tone arm. does this have VTA? there's a screw at the base of the tone arm pivot (on the black ring just above the plate) that i tried to loosen so i could lift the arm up or down to do the VTA. but it wouldn't budge. i figured after 17 years it just got stuck up.

would you know if this arm has VTA? if none, what would you recommend. I like the sound of 200gram records but when i go back to regular records it sounds a bit thinner. VTA would help offset this.

thanks!

[m_shoe_maker]

Naku conspicuous, nakalimutan ko na. When I had my TD166 with the stock tonearm, I think I did not touch the VTA (if there was one). The time I had this table, wala pa akong 200 grammers. The tonearm was parallel to the platter when using 180 grammers.

[conspicuous]

Naku conspicuous, nakalimutan ko na. When I had my TD166 with the stock tonearm, I think I did not touch the VTA (if there was one). The time I had this table, wala pa akong 200 grammers. The tonearm was parallel to the platter when using 180 grammers.

well thanks anyway increasing the weight from 1.5g to 2.0g seems to have helped the sound gain more body. i also tried putting something in between the metal platter and stock rubber mat to increase the record height but i didn't like the effect so i stopped that

[audiophileman2002]

Hi,
Check this out in case you haven't seen this:
http://www.theanalogdept.com/adjusting_vta.htm

[conspicuous]

Hi,
Check this out in case you haven't seen this:
http://www.theanalogdept.com/adjusting_vta.htm

thanks! this is helpful