My first playground was an AR turntable with a REGA RB 300 tonearm with a Shure Ultra 500 cartridge. When I had a dealer play with it he forgot to set up the antiskate. It sounded shrill without a bottom end ... it sounded rotten. I put the anti-skate to 1.0 and was pleasantly surprised.
Michael Fremer stated that when he spoke to the owner of SoundSmith he was informed that most of the wear on the units he rebuilds were on the right channel, indicating too much anti-skate was employed on the vast majority of cartridges. I go between 67-80 % of vertical tracking force as a general rule. Fremer's videos and even You Tube have excellent descriptions of how to set up your anti-skate.
Look and hear for the obvious,i.e., the arm moves left or right when you lower the arm, and hear for yourself what sounds better.
Michael Fremer stated that when he spoke to the owner of SoundSmith he was informed that most of the wear on the units he rebuilds were on the right channel, indicating too much anti-skate was employed on the vast majority of cartridges. I go between 67-80 % of vertical tracking force as a general rule. Fremer's videos and even You Tube have excellent descriptions of how to set up your anti-skate.
Look and hear for the obvious,i.e., the arm moves left or right when you lower the arm, and hear for yourself what sounds better.