TT set up question

I haven't had a table for a while, but how do I know if his antiskating is set right? Which way should the arm deflect when it's raised from the LP?

I haven't had a table for a while, but how do I know if his antiskating is set right? Which way should the arm deflect when it's raised from the LP?

Observing which direction an arm deflects during cueing does not tell you how to adjust antiskating. That idea is absurd.

One problem at a time. You haven't answered Seandtaylor99's question, which was important and well chosen. Identifying your friend's problem depends on the answer.

I have used the Wally Skater in the past to set my anti-skate on my Kuzma Stogi tonearm. I found it interesting that the factory recommended setting based on my cartridge VTF and the Wally results were different, by quite a bit. I confirmed the Wally anti-skate results with a test record.

Nsgarch has posted an interesting method for testing anti-skate. It is is the opposite of what you mentioned. Instead of deflection of the tonearm on the rise, look at what happens to the stylus when you lower it onto a spinning record. If you don't have the anti-skate set correctly you will notice a deflection one way of the other. Good light and perhaps a magnifying glass help with this test.

It wasn't end of the side distortion, if it were, I would have responded to the question. There was probably a couple of minutes left on each LP every time it happened. The sound was similar to an electrical discharge.

Doug, sorry for being too stupid to know that my idea was absurd! If only I knew as much as you...

Clio, that's some good advice, I will check it next time I'm there, or just pass the info along.

That's the last time I ever answer one of your threads. If you knew it was not end of side distortion why didn't you specify so in the original thread. You could be a little more gracious with people who have voluntarily tried to help you out.