Due to my recent experiences with VTF, I've had to revise my thinking a bit. Now, this occurred when I was very close to the correct VTF and(I believe)the correct anti-skate for that VTF. My cartridge(nude Linn Arkiv)is also old, and it has not always been in my possession(i.e., it's worn). I was slowly lowering the VTF from above 2 grams to 2 grams or lower(I only have the Shure for checking this.). The cartridge mistracked, and the VTF was still above 2 grams. So I added just a bit of weight. I was listening to Simon and Garfunkle's "Collection", which started to sound magical, and because I thought it sounded better on the last cut, I subtracted a teeny-teeny bit of anti-skate-hoping that the whole record would sound better. The magic disappeared! I restored the anti-skate, and the magic reappeared. I guess the moral of the story is to use your ears. I still think to get close to the proper anti-skate, my formula is still valid. BTW, did we notice that most of anti-skate theories that varied(note: Sumiko recommends, and I'm sure others do too, that anti-skate should be about one-half of the stated value due to harder cantilever material.) were proposed by uni-pivot arm users?
