One some test records there is a blank piece at about 5 cm.
''Blank'' means without grooves. One can adjust anti-skate
at this place on the record such that tonearm remains stationary.
Aka not moving to the inside or outside. This was the old way
to adjust the anti-skate. By increasing the anti-skate force one
can increase the tracking ability of the used cart. But there is
no sense in increasing tracking ability above, say, 60 microns.
60 microns is sufficient for the cantilever/stylus combo to trace
any record. The mentioned ''blank piece'' one can use as a kind
of indication for further adjustment which should consist in reduction
of the anti-skate force . Either by listening or by adjusting till
60 microns value is reached. The advice is to use the minimal anti-
skate force. This is not my advice but advice from Van den Hul.
The advantage of such test record is that one can see how
anti-skate actually works.
