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Setting antiskate is not hard, nor an exact science. Because of the way antiskate changes as the tonearm moves closer to the end of a record there is no perfect number to set it at. Probably the biggest factor in antiskate is the tonearm bearing. Antiskate when measured with a proper antiskate gauge will show how good or poor a tonearm is designed and that is the reason why the same cartridge could have different antiskate settings in different tonearms.
For a 9 inch tonearm, which you have, antiskate is about 7% at the beginning of the record and is about 10% at the second null point. This is just the physics of all of this, so don't get all twisted up in the numbers, it's not important to understand all of the science behind how these percentages were determined.
Your cartridge tracking force is 1.75 grams, set your antiskate at half that value .87 grams, which would be just below the 1 mark on your antiskate scale. Listen to an album. Do you hear any distortion in the right or left channels? If so add more antiskate if its left, less if its right. One important point, if you have to make an adjustment, make the move small, don't move the scale knob a full notch, just a tiny bit at a time. That's all there is to it. Your cartridge stylus will wear very evenly in the record groove. Now sit back and enjoy the music !!!
Setting antiskate is not hard, nor an exact science. Because of the way antiskate changes as the tonearm moves closer to the end of a record there is no perfect number to set it at. Probably the biggest factor in antiskate is the tonearm bearing. Antiskate when measured with a proper antiskate gauge will show how good or poor a tonearm is designed and that is the reason why the same cartridge could have different antiskate settings in different tonearms.
For a 9 inch tonearm, which you have, antiskate is about 7% at the beginning of the record and is about 10% at the second null point. This is just the physics of all of this, so don't get all twisted up in the numbers, it's not important to understand all of the science behind how these percentages were determined.
Your cartridge tracking force is 1.75 grams, set your antiskate at half that value .87 grams, which would be just below the 1 mark on your antiskate scale. Listen to an album. Do you hear any distortion in the right or left channels? If so add more antiskate if its left, less if its right. One important point, if you have to make an adjustment, make the move small, don't move the scale knob a full notch, just a tiny bit at a time. That's all there is to it. Your cartridge stylus will wear very evenly in the record groove. Now sit back and enjoy the music !!!