Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?

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.

My final question to all the analog gurus...does an S tonearm require less or no antiskating? Is it an inherently better design?

does an S tonearm require less or no antiskating? Is it an inherently better design?

No. The anti-skating must be equal to the tracking force. It can be slightly lower than tracking force if your stylus profile is something like MicroRidge and related (i remember this from Van den Hul interview). 

Why don't you just stick to conventional golden rule instead of some exotic methods? 

Buy yourself this TEST LP there are special grooves calles "Bias Settings" to set-up anti-skating correctly on any tonearm with any cartridge/stylus. You will actually hear why do you need anti-skating.