Trust your ears. I have found using AnalogMagik software that antiskate is often not helpful. It depends entirely on the arm, the cartridge and how the two interact. With a different cartridge you might discover that antiskate is helpful. Your ears are your best measuring tool.
Anti-Skate Weight …. Better sound without it?
Hello,
I have a Music Hall 9.1 turntable, and I recently changed my cartridge to an Audio Technica AT160ML, moving magnet. It sounds lovely!
BUT… it seems to sound better when I take my anti skate weight off my turn table arm.
One record in particular seems to have Left channel distortion with a female vocal, but when I take the weight off, it disappears and sounds lovely.
It all seems to sound slightly better and more resolved, open, without the weight.
The needle requires a very light 1 gram tracking weight. I have aligned it correctly, and the turn table is level.
Any suggestions? Is there something incorrect with my turntable setup? Could it be this one record, as i do not notice left speaker distortion otherwise… (i think)…
Or does the removal of the anti skate weight make sense when the needle has a very light tracking force?
thanks!
Richard
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