Antiskating .... The last analog secret

Hey Stltrains and Doug,

I haven't tried any real torture tracks but so far I'm having very good results running with no AS weight at all with my heavier XV-1s. But I'm wondering why not just loosen the screw holding the end of that line on the AS rather than tying it up?

Hello Dan very good point now that this move is giving us better sound your thought is next on my list. I have played quite a few tough tracking lps with out any noise or mistracking, know AS looks to be a winner for our ears. I think Triplaner is a winner also.

Audiogon threads and the people who contribute most certainly bring better sound to all. You and Yours and All have a very Merry Christmas day.

Actually, I decided to go a bit farther. Hope I don't end up needing AS. It can still be done, but it will take a few minutes longer. ;-)

Dan we may all have gone a bit to far after reading the GuruSetUp piece at Vacuum State. I may spend the weekend and beyond going very slowly with setup. After reading this fine explanation of cartridge setup i could be missing the sweet spot. The problem is i am getting very good sound now. With out a complete reexamination of my setup i feel i may be missing the bulls eye though. And it goes on, on to the holy grail. Man i love this stuff.

That guru white paper doesn't really tell me anything that we haven't been doing, figured out, or already know. There is an assumption, based on rather old technologies, in that paper that any cart/arm combo must have AS compensation. We have much better stylus profiles. We have a much better protractor. We have a much better arm. But there is one part in that paper that I most emphatically agree with. Trust your ears.