Koetsu Urushi+SMEV anti skating setting help

Thanks Jskg.
My SME instructions manual (8 years old) is not very precise on the matter and simultaneously refers to VTF related AS setting and listening for channel discrepancy...
By the way, are you using the silicone fluid damping? I would really love to avoid it as it is so nasty to use and maintain...

Thanks Dopogue
This is a very interesting issue I have been wondering about and the temptation to use (at least to try) no AS at all is too great to resist...

If possible, use as little anti-skate as you can. Every cartridge/arm combo will yield a different percentage of your VTF. I have various arms and cartridges and have found a good approximation which falls between 25%-30% of your VTF. Dial it in and go from there.

Anti-skate cannot be accurately set so don't be obsessed with it. Anti-skate at any different point on a record is different. Different records require different amount of anti-skate. IMO, set it up once and leave it unless you're in the camp of tweakers who set it differently on various LP's to maximize sonics. Nothing wrong with this but takes a lot more effort.

What you have to do is just relax and listen.

Many thanks Genesis168
I have found your insight informative the most and with the rest of the opinions I am making my own considering there is an obsessive direction I am not going to follow; there are too many records waiting and time has to be used acordingly...

Agondgd - Setting the 'numbers' on the VTF and antiskating dials does not mean that the forces are equal. I think SME has designed the V so that when set that way, the anti-skating force is a percentage of the VTF, increasing as the arm moves toward the spindle. Good luck.