Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?

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.  

Gentlemen! Reading comprehension time!

Q: Where did I say anyone suggested to tilt the turntable?
A: Nowhere!

What I said was "there's always an audiophile who can think of a way..."
Did some audiophile think of a way? Clearly so.

Do we know the difference between think and do? Jury appears to be out on that one! 

Will we be sure to read more carefully before telling someone how carefully they should read? Let's hope so!

Thank you!

Chakster, probably you shouldn’t disseminate the idea that VTF should equal AS. For two reasons: first, most AS devices are imprecise as to the amount of AS at any particular set point, and second, because many users including me have found that if you can set AS = VTF, you end up with too much AS. Much too much in fact. However I wouldn’t argue that my own findings reveal a universal truth. But read Doug Deacon’s old thread on AS with Triplanar tonearm.