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damage is actually caused by mistracking in the middle-to-high frequencies with too little tracking force rather than with
too heavy. If you’re getting mistracking at the low (lightest) end of the range and yet the low range is generally sounding
the best (and on moderate signals, not heavy passages), then chances are you have either a dirty stylus, a bad record, an
accumulation of crud in your cartridge, or a cartridge that’s getting old. Changes in tracking force can change how you
want VTA and azimuth adjusted. If azimuth was initially adjusted by ear, experiment with it.