Do you use VPI Anti-skating?


I own a VPI Classic 3.  Recently I purchased a Soundsmith cartridge, which Peter Ledderman (the Soundsmith) highly recommends using with anti-skating.  
I'm just curious, how many VPI / Soundsmith  cartridge users are using the VPI anti-skating?  Or, if you are a VPI / Soundsmith owner, and not using anti-skating, what are your experiences?
louisl

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I have owned two VPI tables and have chosen to use the wire twist rather than the anti-skate. I tried it, I did not prefer it to the wire twist approach. Currently using a Soundsmith MIMC Star and loving how it sounds sans AS.
My understanding is that there are different points of view regarding using the wire twist versus the anti-skating set up for a VPI table. Harry Weisfeld, if I recall correctly, is pretty agnostic about the need for anti-skate period and has said he prefers the wire twist as the best imperfect solution to counteracting the forces wrought by the spiral grooves. As I said, I tried both approaches and found no significant difference in SQ. At the end of the day using the wire twist provides one less thing to fiddle with and I don't find myself whether I have the anti-skate set correctly. Just my two cents.