antiskate disc

@cleeds 

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”

+1 macg19

+1 macg19  too.

the wally tool is something that one must take a serious look at. I have not used it nor do I own one. but people who used it to setup people TT say it is a very good tool to have.

mylogic

A stylus imitates a cutting head. Why would it not try to cut a groove on a blank test disc?

No, a playback stylus does not "imitate" a cutting head. It’s true that modern stylus profiles do come close to replicating that of the cutting head, but that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. For example, the cutting head is driven by an amplifier, and subject to cooling to offset the heat that results from cutting the disc.

Please don’t make me laugh, admit you got a bit hot ... Any neutrals out there wish to give cleeds a “pronouncement” with their findings to save him the bother?

It looks like you want to make this personal and argumentative. That's unfortunate. Have a nice day.