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Cardas Burn-In LP

Hi:
I received my Cardas Burn-In LP today. I'm using a new rig, for me at least. LP12 (10 years old), new RB-1000 arm and Rega Exact 2 cart. I've been playing with the various sweeps on the LP and they do what they should. I read through the other uses for the LP and saw that the 1/2" wide blank (no grooves) sections on side 2 can be used to check tonearm balance and settings. It says the arm should track slowly toward the center. Well mine races across these areas and actually jumps a few grooves into the next section. My table (particularly the path of the arm) is dead level so I'm questioning the set-up of the arm. My dealer set it up, as I have NO experience with this stuff.

Is this a serious thing that should be addressed? If so what do I ask my dealer to check?

Thanks!
arch7
narrod
1,064 posts
 
Try reducing the anti-skate. That should correct it as long as the table is level.
narrod
1,064 posts
 
Additional thoughts. I think those grooveless bands are about as useful as a bucket of warm spit (apologies to Alvin Barkley) and are of virtually no use in setup.
arch7 OP
35 posts
 
Thanks Narrod
You're probably right! You know how it goes when something causes some doubt to creep in.

If the anti-skate was off in that direction how would it effect the music? Would it causes an imbalance between channels? I'm apt to thrust using the Cardas LP with it's other test tones to look for channel differences.
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