Quote Originally Posted by peter View Post
Ortofon Cadenza Black.
That Cadenza Black is fitted with a nude Shibata stylus on a boron cantilever. It is thus very sensitive to VTA setting.

The only practical way of finding the optimum VTA that suits you is to use a pickup arm which allows a continuous adjustment of VTA whilst the record is playing.

I have a cartridge fitted with an Ogura 5 x 20 um stylus which is a fine-line stylus similar to, but slightly smaller than a Shibata stylus. I find that the best VTA is achieved when the tone arm is exactly parallel to the record surface, when the cartridge is playing at the recommended VTF (usually about 0.25g below the maximum).