Although the smaller VTAF adjuster wheel has still not yet arrived chez moi, I have been trying it out again on the Technics, with considerable success. I will qualify that immediately, because the VTAF makes my Ortofon 2M Black sing like a singing thing - it really does sound very classy in the 750D in comparison to the Jelco hard mounting collar. The story is not the same for my MC cartridges (Ortfon Kontrapunkt B and AT-OC5), where the sound becomes rather squashed. The explanation is probably what Dave Cawley says a few posts back, since the MM cartridge puts much less energy into the arm than MCs; and that MC derived energy needs a path to follow, which the VTAF quite deliberately avoids.
I'm very pleased with this, because having been exposed to Marco's DL-103SA, I have been aware that my 2M Black is rather cool and clinical in comparison; and that I rather like the big, bold and old-fashioned sound of Marco's system. The VTAF allows the 2M Black to blossom, giving a much more extended and nicely elastic bass, with a natural feel to string sounds etc which, while accurately portrayed before, could nevertheless be a tad wearing sometimes. I may yet get a new MC cartridge, like the AT33PTG that Martin has, but in the meantime the 2M Black has a considerable new lease of life.
