antiskate disc
this is not new info, but as I have struggled to adjust the antiskate on my REED 2G(not calibrated), I thought I would try the blank disc method, despite mixed reviews of this technique. I have an ALNIC AMBER cartridge which has a FRITZ GYER S stylus....it is so fine that it immediately cuts its own groove in the vinyl blank disc, making subsequent passes impossible...frustrating!!
Where exactly is the misinformation there?
What was the sample size of your study that led to that pronouncement? Hint: It wasn't big enough. |
Yogi, there are many factual errors in that video. Some are as follows: He says that early tonearms did not need AS because VTF was very high for early ceramic cartridges. Wrong. The friction force is directly proportional to VTF. So high VTF means high force means there is a stronger skating force that needs to be corrected by AS, so far as that is possible. He advises setting AS to a level on the AS adjuster equal to VTF. That’s usually way too much AS. He uses a CD to demonstrate skating and the effect of AS to counteract skating. That’s ok for a demo, but one would never use a CD to set AS for playing vinyl LPs. There’s more, but why bother? I advise anyone who needs advice on AS to ignore that video. |
I agree with @lewm This is what I use https://www.wallyanalog.com/wallyskater |
A stylus imitates a cutting head. Why would it not try to cut a groove on a blank test disc? Please read again carefully my reply to @jw944ts about how a stylus tracks a groove. Don’t suggest he is carving up his records…. “If true, it would render most LPs unplayable” Your words “What is the size of your test study?” Your words to me. Please don’t make me laugh, admit you got a bit hot. Ask anyone with a Shure trackability obstacle course LP to have a look at their blank “anti-skate” test bands and come back to me. Any neutrals out there wish to give cleeds a “pronouncement” with their findings to save him the bother? It would greatly help increase “the sample size” of the “study” |
