Warning: Linn tonearm anti-skate not accurate


Hi,

After repeatedly having problem, including ruining a perfectly aged Koetsu Urushi, I found with the aid of HFNRR that the Linn Ekos antiskating is not accurate.

With 3 different cartridges tracking between 1.7 - 2.0g, the optimal anti-skatings were found to be between setting the tonearm anti-skating dial to "2.4-2.6 g". I checked with the anti-skating setting tracks on HFNRR test record (most MC can cover the first 2 tracks, but Shure V15 can go through 3 tracks).

After using my cartridge on the Ekos for about one year, playing about 100 hours, at 1.9g VTF, anti-skating dialed to '1.9g', my cantilever was slanted about 5 degree to the left (view towards the rear of tonearm), indicating undercompensation.

Another fellow Linn users told me he found same thing with Akito tonearm and also had a slanted cantilever.

So please check your setting before ruining another cartridge.

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Showing 1 response by ducakrugs

i agree with a comment above the linn mk 1 akito seems to be a bit heavy on the tracking and my arm moves outward when set to zero.....the denon dl-110 cart seems to track anything i put on even with the tracking off and set to zero...i put it to 1 just in case ...but the deck seems to sound much better with very little on it tracking wise....