Tri-Planar with no anti-skate?

"Call me irresponsible - call me unreliable
Throw in undependable too"

I'd have bought an Air Tangent, but it was so cheap it didn't even print out the VTA labels for each LP jacket! If I have to write them manually I might as well adjust them manually!

Yeah, we're nuts, but playing a harpsichord LP is still easier than playing the real thing. Real harpsichordists have to retune four octaves every time they turn on a lamp, because the room temperature changed! Compared with that, tweaking VTA/VTF/AntiSkate for each LP is child's play. :-)

Dan,OK I will.

Been a while on on this thread. I've been playing around with my anti skate on my Tri planar this weekend. Seems like if I take the thread off and remove the dogleg (totally removing the mechanism from the arm), clarity goes us a notch or two. Maybe it's a lowering of the noise floor.

With the antiskate in place, and 3-4 rubber o rings as weights, seems like I get more weight to the notes.

I don't have any tracking or sibilance issues either way.

Honestly, I like both settings :) Wish I could find a way to keep the weight but goose the clarity.

Any thoughts? Using a Lyra Skala currently.

Thanks

Hi jfrech. Could be related to what cartridge is being used. I know someone else who prefers AS with a Skala. I still prefer mine without AS and I'm using Dynavectors. On the Talea, all carts sound much better with that tiny bit of AS one or two o-rings provide.

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