Antiskating .... The last analog secret

The close up of the cartridge looks as if it was used/ abused by some dance club dj.
Is that vinyl residue on the front of the body?!

I don't fuss much at all with anti skating on my Graham Phantom.

As most of you know the 12" 33 1/3 rpm Lp is the biggest culprit here, especially as the cartridge traverse towards the centre of the Lp.

Increase the groove velocity at any given point on a Lp you then decrease the unavoidable distortions on the inner grooves of the 33 rpm.
I don't know off hand how many 12" 45 rpm Lps I have, what ever the number, it's not enough.

Hevac,
If all looks to be good with your cartridge and AS mechanism.
I would go over set up again of your arm and cartridge.

Myself and other's here found the MintLp arc protractor to do the trick.
MintLp.com

Then follow Doug Deacon's lead if you like.

Good one Thomas.
I think this thread will be an important one for those that have the interest and especially "patience" to do any follow ups themselves on this subject.

For year's I have always set and kept near minimum setting for anti-skate and never gave much thought to it.
If my tonearm acted up or jumped across a particular Lp, I'd simply tape a quarter to the head shell and re-play it....just kidding

Raul covered a few cause and effect's of this constantly changing skating energy and there is no set methods including any real rule of thumb to follow unless we all had the exact same gear and Lps.

Anyway, I'm with you Stltrains.