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
Likely true. In which case I'm in the minority as I know precisely what my zenith error is and have the tools to correct it. Makes for easy listening in that I don't worry about such things:) |
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@viridian Wally Analogue. Check out the report posted in my virtual system. |
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Elliot, I have never used my UA7045, so no I have never bothered to fix the sagging counterweight. In use on 5 turntables are FR64S, Dynavector DV505, Viv Float, Triplanar, Reed 2A, and the Kenwood L07 tonearm ("L07C", maybe) that comes with the L07D TT. Besides the sidelined 7045, I also have an NOS Grace wood tonearm (714?), an RS Labs RS-A1, a Dynavector DV501 and a second DV505, just sitting around. |
