Setting anti-skate

Okay, I was just experimenting and only tested the headers on like 2 albums with the added anti-skate, but don't worry I made sure it was not pulling the cantilever back at all.. I have the recommended digital stylus gauge made by micro tech, so I am not putting too much force, actually I track it a tenth of a gram lighter than the cartridge recommended 2.5 gram. So it is a high VTF for this cart in the first place unfortunatly. Thanks guys, just gotta deal with the few records that like to be a bit slippery.

Thank all.

So what I understand is:

1.) Looking at the deflection of the stylus relative to the cartridge as it comes down on the record is a good way to initally set the AS force. If the stylus is deflected to the right, AS force needs to be increased. Deflected to the left, and AS needs to be decreased.

2.) The HiFi News record is not really the end all tool to set AS force. Since the tracks are highly modulated, correcting mistracking/buzzing will more than likely lead to a larger than required AS force.

3.) Assuming we play a clean and undamaged record, buzzing/breakup in the left channel indicates that the AS force is too high. In the right, AS is too low.

4.) The best way to fine tune AS force is to listen to music and note #3.

Did I get this right? Did I miss anything?

Rich

Rich, in your point #1, assuming you are looking at the cartridge head-on, and that L and R refers to YOUR L and R, then your understanding is reversed. If the stylus deflects to your right (towards the outside of the record) then you need to INCREASE the AS, and vice versa.
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How can we say that groove modulation makes a difference in skating force, then also say correct anti-skating is adjustable by eye? If these are both true then we should be able to see the stylus move sideways when a song starts. Since I am quite sure we CANNOT see this, then one of these two concepts is wrong. Which one is it?

Dougdeacon...The excess antiskating force during less modulated grooves is trivial compared with the reduction of VTF (acting all the time) required to avoid mistracking.

But, as I remarked way back on 8/8, it is a compromise no matter how you do it, and linear tracking is the way to go.