It’s difficult to reason that not setting the anti-skating will produce better sound reproduction. Reducing side loading on the stylus cantilever should result in minimal side loading and damping of the mechanical function of the system, hence allowing for maximum possible accurate reproduction and channel balance, but I don’t discount empirical data either .
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
I know this topic has been discussed here before, but wanted to see if others have the same experience as me. After removing the fishing line dangling weight from my tonearm I’m convinced my bass and soundstage has opened up. I doing very careful listening with headphones and don’t hear any distortion or treble harshness. So why use anti-skating at all? Even during deep bass/ loud passages no skipping of tracks. Any thoughts from all the analog gurus out there?