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Setting Antiskate - visually

I just installed a Kleos onto my Nott 294 with stock arm. For setting antiskate, the Lyra instructions say to observe the cartridge and cantilever as it settles into the record grove - if the cartridge settles to the right or left, adjust the antiskate so it remains vertical.

Well, this is a really tough thing to observe. But, after raising and lowering the tonearm several times with the lever (not by hand), I could watch the cantilever literally walk to the right or the left across the record - one or two or three grooves at a time, and easily observe the skate effect. Just to the left or right of the space between songs provides a good fixed reference spot on the record. Adjusting the antiskate weight to its max and min setting had a clear observable effect on its behavior.

It seems to me that this "method" is consistent with Lyra�s instructions, but does avoid the skating effects, if any, imposed by the rotation of the record. So, has any one used this �method� and/or have any comments?
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nandric
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I used the HFN test LP and was realy proud to get 90 Mu
without any buzz from the right channel. But then I come
across the worning by Van den Hul not to use this method.
I alrady was advised not to use the 'blanco' LP's on wich
you was able to see the actual skating. Since then I have
no idea how how to adjust the antiskating. By ear? Come
on. Do you hear what I hear? I do this by intuition and with intuition you can claim what you like.

Regards,
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