[C. Leeds]

Digiman wrote:
I recently bought a Clearaudio Virtouso cartridge...
After carefully adjusting it using my usual Baerwald protractor w/overhang
adjustment and about 5 hours of playing-in (lets not start that debate
again)...
But treble... Hihats and the likes that usually goes "pssss" now goes
"psccchhh"
At the moment I'm a film student, and I would compare it visually with an
bad white balance adjustment that lets the brightest parts "burn out"
A loading issue? Or adjustment?

Overhang is only one aspect of cartridge alignment. Probably equally
important are VTA and SRA. These are especially critical with fine-line
type styli.

Proper azimuth is also vital. This is tricky to get correct, because
many cartridges - even very good ones - have slightly misaligned
cantilevers. The only way to visually get this correct is to align the
cantilever itself, not the cartridge body. To do that, you'll need an
alignment gauge that uses a mirror to align the cantilever. The
WallyTractor and old CartAlign gauges are good for this.