Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records?

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. 

@clearthinker , you know that was tongue in cheek and you and I agree on many things just not air bearing arms. 

Of course you do not need an antiskating device, not that your arm doesn't skate, it does, with air currents in the room, with changes in level, with different weight records, tension on the wires etc. It is impossible to predict. Much of this holds for any straight line tracker including the Schroder. Does any of this effect the sound? Probably not audibly. It is all theoretical in regards to sound quality. IMHO it all adds up when regarding the entire system. Simplicity is alway best, less is more. I regard Air bearing arms like I do ultrasonic record cleaning, like unnecessary complication and diversions. But, that is me and I am responsible only for myself and perhaps the systems that I help to set up. Here we share ideas even if they might be unpopular to some. Political correctness is only a way to prevent solving problems. Anyone can attack my feelings any time they want. They are already numb from years of self incrimination.  

I have little truck with political correctness.  The world has gone mad, led by the USA.  And now we have wank (woke), again originating in the USA.

The principle of free speech is far more important.  Wan**rs would have America and Europe become like Russia and China where you receive long prison terms in life threatening prisons for small breaches.  Breaches need to be extremely severe before I will censor.