A pitch too High!

@chakster Got what you are saying. Asking you or anyone familiar with Clearaudio Concept anti-skating, if the thick black mark on the larger circular mound, below the red mark, is anti-skating zero. Please check the image in the link:

https://www.imagebam.com/view/ME4SPVK

The red mark is anti-skating that is factory set up.

Well, if this is anti-skating under the plinth then it’s the worst anti-skating I have seen in my life. Not surprised you have a problem using it, it’s so inconvenient. You can try maximum and minimum to find out where the side force is canceled (when the arm is balanced without tracking force), you will see it, if the arm is balanced above the record (not moving to any side) then anti-skating is zero.

@terrible,  From your pics, I'm reasonably certain that you have a Verify tonearm instead of a Satisfy tonearm.   Check out instructions here in section  2.5.6  that may have what you are seeking re: antiskate.

https://clearaudio.de/_assets/_pdf/manuals/tonearms/CA_Verify_E+D.pdf

- My last thought:  You've gotten  plenty of guidance now on how to zero out and reset antiskate, and how to visually and then even electronically verify.  
But as you're still working thru all that, try something simpler. Set your VTF at 1.7g. That is within spec tolerance range for your existing cartridge  See how it behaves and sounds.  With your turntable speed no longer 11% out of compliance, and with everything else that you have improved with others help here, maybe you no longer have tracking/skipping/pitch issues and you can enjoy your system while refining your setup and contemplating needed cartridge upgrades.  You've rec'd some very good info from others here and should be well on your way to managing your tt and system setup on your own.  good listening!
 

@terrible : This should be my last post to you. First than all re-read my very first post to you in the page 1 and after that this:

DOES NOT EXIST A MM TURNTABLE. EXIST JUST TURNTABLE ! !

What exist are different kind designs of cartridges and between others: MM, MI ( like your Grado. ) and LOMC ones.

The advantage of your Grado MI cartridge and your electronics is that that MI design comes with an internal 40mH of inductance and this fact makes that load impedance does not affect its overall performance.

You need to improve your knowledge levels because as I told you in one of my posts you show that as this thread go longer and longer by gentleman posts as more confused you are.

R.

@dalims4 Yes I read this post a while back. I have even ordered a Clearaudio Smart Scale which I think is made of cardboard. I also understand that he wants me to add 1.2g to the 1.5g stated by Grado for Blue before I adjust the anti-skate. However, what is confusing the ’F’ out of me is how to operate the anti-skate button. I cannot figure out what ’Zero’ AS is on the contraption under the turntable. Since I don’t know the start point, everything else is difficult, hence, I am not messing with it.

@noromance It is certainly one of the issues and correcting the RPM seems to have corrected that issue. However, I spent around 3 hours last night listening to records. On one song towards the end of the record, in a Norah Jones album, I felt I heard sibilance. On other records, it seemed fine. Don’t know if I can even identify sibilance correctly.

@chakster The complication does not end with the fact that the AS is under the turntable and there are no correct markings, to begin with. Apparently, the AS instructions in the manual are correct if you look at it as if you are looking through a transparent platter, which basically means whatever the instruction manual suggests, counter and clockwise are exactly the opposite in practice. This is according to Musical Surrounding, Clearaudio distributor in USA. Difficult to know how many turns of the screw takes you where.

@sandstone I am not sure if there is a black Verify arm and I think I remember checking with the distributor about the arm, and they told me it’s a black Satisfy, which is out of production now. But not sure. If you look at the Verify manual, the AS contraption is not exactly the same.

And yes you are right, there is more than enough good guidance for me to rectify things. I have done so in some places too, however, my issue is not with the theory of it all, I get it now; thanks to all of you. It is the specific AS on this damn turntable. I don’t know the start point on it. If I go by the Verify manual, the black mark is AS for 2.4g VTF. This means, my AS is off currently. If you look at the mark on the screw, it is not aligned to the black mark on the circular post.

https://www.imagebam.com/view/ME4SPVK

@rauliruegas I understood mate I do not have load impedance issues because I have a great phono stage but I have to beg your pardon as I don’t understand much of what you write. As is my English is not very fluent, being an Indian, yours does not help either. But I know you have noble intent.

If sometime soon I do not understand how to operate the AS on this turntable, I am going to junk it and go for an SME 6 Classic or 12A. It is a company owned by Indians, so I can expect easy service as I’ll buy straight from the company.

I just came across this:

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/needle-sliding-across-my-records.414567/

In the relevant post, this is what the OP says about Clearaudio AS:

Thanks to all for your input to this problem. Turns out my VTF was way on the light side.

Here is how it happened. While waiting for this TT on backorder I read a lot of reviews. One reviewer noted that the tracking force seemed a bit on the heavy side once he started to serious listen after the break in period. Sure enough he was right and he made an adjustment. Musical Surroundings also suggests that VTF be checked due to shipping in a youtube video on how to set up this table.

As it turns out, my factory settings were probably absolutely accurate. Even though the reading I was getting was 3 grams instead of 2. But here is the problem and where I knew just enough to be dangerous. The tonearm has a magnetic bearing and therefore the measurement needs to be taken on the side of the platter rather than on the platter. There is not much room there and it can be tricky. You have to put a record on the platter and then build up some material on the side so that when you put the scale on the material it will be even with the record and then weigh the tracking force. Turns out 2 grams where this tonearm needs to be measured is basically a reading of 3 grams on the platter. So I was running this thing about a gram light.

Unbelievable. So right now it is tracking better, no more skating off the record when cueing a record, detail is enhanced and bass is more pronounced. I am now in a much better mood. Oh, and surface noise on older records is much less noticeable.

And here is the reason it was happening with some records and not with others, of course I am referring to the tonearm falling off the record. Lighter records is where it was occurring more. My heavier 180 gram records were much less effected.

If I go by this, then what I have measured to be 2, would actually be lesser than 1.5 or 1.5. Keeps getting crazier!!!