Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment


I am in recent possession of a Grace 704 uni-pivot tonearm, which has no anti-skate adjustment. This is not optimal IMO, but should I really be worried?
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Showing 2 responses by bpoletti

The best explanation and use of anti-skate was a paper delivered with a rebuilt cartridge from Soundsmith.  To make a multi-page explanation short, it is necessary but in most cases much more heavily applied than is needed.

I recommend a thorough read of Peter Ledermann's paper and remarks before forming any judgement.
@oldtech04  -  That method has been proven invalid since groove modulation plays such a large part in anti-skate.  Even if anti-skate is perfect on one record, it is unlikely that it will be correct on every other record.  The reason is related to the impact of groove modulation to anti-skate orce.