tone arm drifts towards the outside when lowering


I'm setting up a new table and cart. set the alignment, VTF, VTA and it sounds very nice.

When I lower or raise the tone arm it "drifts" to the outside.

It tracks fine on the record.

thoughts?
relsteamboat

Showing 1 response by almarg

Check your antiskating by carefully viewing the cartridge head-on while a record is being played. Viewed from that perspective, the cantilever should be at the same left vs. right angle relative to the cartridge body that it is at when the stylus is lifted off of the record (which for most properly designed and manufactured cartridges will be straight ahead).

In my experience, most of the guidelines for setting anti-skating force which may be offered by tonearm or turntable manufacturers result in too much force being applied, and I have typically found that about 2/3 of the recommended setting gives the right results.

Regards,
-- Al