The flat record with no grooves will only show centrifugal force which is reverse of skating force from the stylus friction inside the groove walls. Centrifugal force is higher at the center of the record and less at the outside. Skating in the grooves is higher on the outside vs the middle. Set the anti skating force to match the force at the middle of the record.
That is what doesn't make sense, the center of the record requires 0.8, none of my cartridges state to use 0.8 for anti-skate. I always use what the cartridge manufacturer states.
@@StevesStrayStuff I don't think there is a perfect anti skate setting. Every record has different modulation which will change it. That is why most manufactures just say match the anti skate with the tracking force number to make it easy. But most seem to require less than the tracking force number. If you get good sound from both channels it should be fine. If left channel is distorted, too much anti skate. If right channel distorted, too little anti skate.
@@sentryfe74 Thanks Sam, I have read that too much or too little anti skate will cause harshness in one channel or the other. This science stuff fascinates me. Thank you for the feedback, oh, was that a pun, haha!
Hi Stephen, I have not actually played any albums with the anti-skate set to anything other than what the cartridge manufacturer states. I each cartridge has its own anti-skate value, so I just stick with that.
It's not that antiskate is accurate at only a few places on the lp, skating forces change depending on distance to center, loudness of music, etc. I use a Shure test lp with a blank track in the middle and it shows the tt reccomended setting is too high. Listening tests confirm this.
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The flat record with no grooves will only show centrifugal force which is reverse of skating force from the stylus friction inside the groove walls. Centrifugal force is higher at the center of the record and less at the outside. Skating in the grooves is higher on the outside vs the middle. Set the anti skating force to match the force at the middle of the record.
That is what doesn't make sense, the center of the record requires 0.8, none of my cartridges state to use 0.8 for anti-skate. I always use what the cartridge manufacturer states.
@@StevesStrayStuff I don't think there is a perfect anti skate setting. Every record has different modulation which will change it. That is why most manufactures just say match the anti skate with the tracking force number to make it easy. But most seem to require less than the tracking force number. If you get good sound from both channels it should be fine. If left channel is distorted, too much anti skate. If right channel distorted, too little anti skate.
@@sentryfe74 Thanks Sam, I have read that too much or too little anti skate will cause harshness in one channel or the other. This science stuff fascinates me. Thank you for the feedback, oh, was that a pun, haha!
My best antiskate setting on my Rega RP3 is "0".
Hi Stephen, I have not actually played any albums with the anti-skate set to anything other than what the cartridge manufacturer states. I each cartridge has its own anti-skate value, so I just stick with that.
There's a free bubble level app. And it's perfectly accurate.
Damn Nick, never thought of that! That app would have save me a few bucks. Thanks for the tip!
It's not that antiskate is accurate at only a few places on the lp, skating forces change depending on distance to center, loudness of music, etc. I use a Shure test lp with a blank track in the middle and it shows the tt reccomended setting is too high. Listening tests confirm this.
Thanks for the information, I'll have to check out the Shure test lp!
@@StevesStrayStuff The test lp I have is from the late '70s or early '80s. Thanks for your informative vids!
@@astolatpere11 You're welcome. You have yourself an antique lp!
How many designs of this deck did they make? Mine is different to yours.
Hi Peter. I do believe there were four different versions of the Planar 3, technically I have the P3 version.