Thanks, both. Will try 1.8g and see how that goes.
Steve, at the moment it's sounding as good as the Elys - possibly a bit more detail - but it's not the remarkable improvement I was expecting. I'm going to play around with the balancing and alignment before judging it, to see if I can get better sound from it - also let it bed in for a while.
Al, I think I'll have to try it with the lid off. Trouble is, because my hi-fi is under a south-facing window, I can't play it without the lid until about 3 in the afternoon as the sun hits the TT and I'm worried about that damaging delicate parts, including warping the vinyl! I have a sheet over it when I'm not using it to protect it, and at the moment, the lid is open with the sheet fixed to the top of the lid with clothes pegs!