Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?

lewm

Tilting the turntable is about the same as hanging an anti-skate weight on a string, to pull the tonearm toward the spindle ... You’d have to tilt the TT very precisely toward the spindle, and you’d be guessing at the resulting anti-skate force.

No, this is mistaken. If you tilt the turntable towards the spindle, you’re not creating an anti-skating force at all. Rather, you’re adding to the existing skating force.

I do agree with @lewm that tilting a turntable to apply anti-skate doesn’t sound like good idea. It raises possible wear and other issues, and wouldn’t be as precise as a good pickup arm’s anti-skate mechanism.

You’re correct 
my bad

Actually since the arm pivots then the tilt angle would have to be constantly adjusted during play. Since the tilt angle would need to be roughly perpendicular to the cartridge, and since no cartridge alignments result in it being perfectly tangent except at two points, then it would hardly ever be tilted exactly at the spindle. So you're both wrong! lol!

Got to say, whoever came up with this idea, its a beaut. I find it oddly comforting that however hard it is to properly play back a record (and it is really, really hard!) there's always an audiophile who can think of a way of complicating it to virtual impossibility!

Miller, Neither I nor cleeds is advocating doing what the op suggests. Let’s keep that in mind.

millercarbon

Actually since the arm pivots then the tilt angle would have to be constantly adjusted during play. Since the tilt angle would need to be roughly perpendicular to the cartridge, and since no cartridge alignments result in it being perfectly tangent except at two points, then it would hardly ever be tilted exactly at the spindle. So you're both wrong! lol!

You might want to read this thread more carefully. As @lewm stated, neither he nor I have suggested this method at all. In fact, we've discouraged it.