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Is my anti-skating too strong.

I’m trying to adjust the alignment of the Ortofon Black Quintet cartridge on my Music Hall mmf 9.3 turntable.  When I put the stylus down on the alignment protractor, the tone arm pulls to the outer edge of the turntable.   Should I disable anti skating when doing alignment or is it set too strong?  Obviously haven’t done this too often.
Also, when listening to the anti skating track on The Ultimate Analogue Test LP, there is noticeable distortion at the end of the track which indicates too much or too little anti skating.  Any guidance here?
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jjss49
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https://www.sound-smith.com/faq/how-do-i-adjust-anti-skating-my-cartridge
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mijostyn
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@sktn77a , please, inform us! What is BS and what is not? 
lewm
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Yeah, please do enlighten the rest of us.  I am sure that anyone with a moniker that incorporates the word "skating", sans vowels and a "g", is expert.
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@lewm , all bark, no bite it seems.
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@jjss49   Thank you for posting the link to Peter's videos on AS. He seems like a really great guy and I think he did a great job with the videos.  I certainly am not an expert on this topic but what he was saying seems to make sense to me.

A question for all.... I had read on another thread that a person was experiencing distortion in highly modulated grooves towards the very end of the record.  I am wondering if that is a result of not enough Antiskating, or is it possibly just groove damage, or a misalignment of sorts?  He said it doesn't happen all the time but only on highly dynamic and modulated passages near the end of the record.  The rest of the record was fine.

Any thoughts on that?
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