Al,
Yes, that is exactly what I meant. I find that on my Dual 1229 / Grace 747 setup (Denon 103) that I too can easily find a place when adjusting the anti-skate where there is no perceptible deflection of the cantilever, but on my Garrard 301 / SME 3009 setup I can't. This one is also using a Denon 103.
I set my anti-skate by playing a blank clean record side (one of Stereophiles). What I do is play the record and set the arm down after making a crude anti-skate adjustment. Then depending on the direction of the arm I adjust the anti-skate to where at any point on the record I can raise and lower the arm without any pull inward or outward.
When using the above method on the Garrard / SME setup, I am only able to get the anti-skate adjusted to where I can raise and lower the stylus near the center or middle of the playing surface. Perhaps the SME needs a tune up?
Norman
Yes, that is exactly what I meant. I find that on my Dual 1229 / Grace 747 setup (Denon 103) that I too can easily find a place when adjusting the anti-skate where there is no perceptible deflection of the cantilever, but on my Garrard 301 / SME 3009 setup I can't. This one is also using a Denon 103.
I set my anti-skate by playing a blank clean record side (one of Stereophiles). What I do is play the record and set the arm down after making a crude anti-skate adjustment. Then depending on the direction of the arm I adjust the anti-skate to where at any point on the record I can raise and lower the arm without any pull inward or outward.
When using the above method on the Garrard / SME setup, I am only able to get the anti-skate adjusted to where I can raise and lower the stylus near the center or middle of the playing surface. Perhaps the SME needs a tune up?
Norman