Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records?

Dear @dover ​@mijostyn  : Of course that we can hear the differences  with different levels of anti-skating and this is not for me the issue.

The issue is that we want to fix something that we can't fix in any normal pivoted tonearm because all LP recordings are way different in many ways but in something critical that's the different recorded velocities all over the LP grooved surface and not all cartridges comes with exactly the same quality stylus tip/cantilever and kind of suspension.

As I said it's a matter to choose each one of us trade-offs. There is no tonearm AS mechanism that makes in automatic way the AS needed at each groove over the LPs surface, at least I don't know about that tonearm AS mechanism. 

R.

Dear @viridian  " Apply anti-skate correctly ".

That's is the trouble: no way to do it correctly because what you can read in the clearthinker latest post and mine.

R.

Dear @mijostyn : " 50% is WAY too much. "

I think you already read my post and like to post that " figure ".

Again, in those old times the advise was VTF/AS same value, latter on: AS lower than 70%, latter lower than 50%, latter..... but even today Ortofon recomend VTF/AS same value:

https://www.ortofon.com/hifi/products/hifi-cartridges/xpression/set-up-and-maintenance/

There is no proper amount of AS and that’s the problem. The AS set up today is innacurated. Again, each one of us choose our trade-offs. You like to set that innacurated AS good, no problem with me.

As you I don’t care to much about stylus wear on this specific AS issue but the quality reproduced sound level and what you are saying is that in a cartridge with 1.5grs VTF and with and AS of 0.15gr makes the difference. As you said: I have not compliant about.

I don’t know if you tested cartridges/tonearms with and with out that " 0.15gr. AS if you did it then you prefer that very low amount of AS against none and what you posted:

" Forget about hearing, too many psychological factors. "

Is applicable to any one including you and like clerthinker said: " imagination ". Nothing wrong with that.

R.

@viridian  Not only I trow away but before me VPI too.