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Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?

I know this topic has been discussed here before, but wanted to see if others have the same experience as me. After removing the fishing line dangling weight from my tonearm I’m convinced my bass and soundstage has opened up. I doing very careful listening with headphones and don’t hear any distortion or treble harshness. So why use anti-skating at all? Even during deep bass/ loud passages no skipping of tracks. Any thoughts from all the analog gurus out there?
tubelvr1
lewm
13,729 posts
 
What tonearm?
what cartridge?
All tonearms that are mounted such that the stylus overhangs the spindle will generate a skating force. It’s the law. Whether you choose to counteract the skating force, or not, is quite another matter.
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roberjerman
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I've never cared for the thread-and-weight. On tonearms with magnetic antiskate (like my Denon 307) I will set it by dial to correspond with the VTF. Though I doubt I can hear a difference with it on or off!
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
On the two Fidelity Research tonearms I own (FR29 and FR54) neither has any provision for antiskate. So Ikeda-san didn't consider it important for these two models! They are both heavy arms well-suited for low-compliance MC's.
tubelvr1 OP
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I have a mmf 2.2 turntable..so nothing very fancy. It has the stock tonearm. So don’t know if that’s why I’m getting better sound without the skating.
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