I don't have that arm, and can't find good enough pictures to figure it out exactly. What I can see the line comes off the back end of the arm and goes over a pulley, probably to a weight. The only way of adjusting something like this will be to change the weight, or the attachment point on the arm. Which looks to be fixed. So its the weight. Do they have different weights?
Setting Anti-Skate on VPI Fatboy Tonearm
Greetings Everyone!
I have a VPI Classic 4 turntable and just replaced the 12" 3D unipivot tonearm with a 12" Fatboy gimbaled. Unfortunately, I have never been very comfortable with the anti-skate adjustment on these tonearms. I use the HiFi News test record but always hear a buzz in the right channel at the 16 dB level and above on the 300 Hz test tracks. The whole wire twisting thing is an utter joke, and the fishing string mechanical do-hickey does not provide a consistent anti-skate force across the record. I'm sure I must not be using it correctly, and would love to see a video of how the anti-skate is properly setup on these tonearms.
Greatly appreciate your input, advice and suggestions.
Cheers,
TMQ
I have a VPI Classic 4 turntable and just replaced the 12" 3D unipivot tonearm with a 12" Fatboy gimbaled. Unfortunately, I have never been very comfortable with the anti-skate adjustment on these tonearms. I use the HiFi News test record but always hear a buzz in the right channel at the 16 dB level and above on the 300 Hz test tracks. The whole wire twisting thing is an utter joke, and the fishing string mechanical do-hickey does not provide a consistent anti-skate force across the record. I'm sure I must not be using it correctly, and would love to see a video of how the anti-skate is properly setup on these tonearms.
Greatly appreciate your input, advice and suggestions.
Cheers,
TMQ
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