Antiskating .... The last analog secret

Hi Mike,

I haven't smoked a turkey myself in about 25 years. Enjoy! What I'd really enjoy is a properly fried turkey, but that is way too much hassle.

I hope you left out a decimal point. ;-) My stock Triplnar AS weight only weighs 3.9 grams. When I used my little plug of hardwood and 3 o-rings the combined weight was still just less than a gram.

My reference to the local weather was meant as a possible explanation as to why you and I would find such a difference in AS 'cus I don't doubt that you know what you are hearing. I have no idea what Doug has settled on, but if he, Paul and I are still on a like track the difference in weather between New England and New Orleans may help explain things. Also for Nsgarch as I seem to remember he lives in Arizona (?), but he also uses a different arm as well as a different cartridge.

Happy New Year to you as well!

We're on the same track as you Dan, I've removed the entire AS mechanism from the arm, back to the bearing frame, and noted a small improvement.

Also agree with your observations about the weather and its effects. VTF requirements correlate with changes in temperature and humidity. So do AS requirements.

This is predictable from the natural behavior of elastomeric polymers (and thanks to Paul, who did predict it) and was the reason I began experimenting with extremely low AS in the first place. Our results might resemble Stltrain's if we lolled about in warmer climes like his!

Yes, I do live in AZ (Tucson) however the temp/humidity may or may not affect the suspension material depending on what it is (hopefully the cartridge designer/maker chose a modern polymer) but temperature will definitely affect the magnitude of the skating force because it's a factor in the coefficient of friction (between the stylus and the vinyl.) I question though how much a summer/winter temperature difference would make because it would have to represent a small percentage of the heat generated at the contact point itself. The only place for the heat to go is into the vinyl itself and I have no idea how ambient temperature affects vinyl as a thermal conductor. However, I guess as long as it's cool enough to maintain its shape and not warp, it could absorb friction heat.

There are some vinyl connoisseurs who recommend an interval of "rest" for the vinyl before repeat plays. Personally, I never found myself wondering how long it might take for my grooves to 'cool down' (as I proceed to play the same track over and over again ;-)

Dougdeacon,
I made a mistake in my last question. It is the right side the make noise first and no matter where I put the wieght it does not stop happening first.

Dan my family is set on my smoked turkeys a few time a year. I have a fryer/sea food boiling setup but have not given frying turkeys a try as of yet. I saw to many bad pictures of what can go wrong when water and hot oil mix. Yes there was supposed to be a decimal point before my numbers above, over driving my head lights again im afraid.

Guys it is not as cold here thats a given but when its hotter than a frying egg we run the A/C. The temperature in my home as in yours stays within 68 to 75. And theres no humidity along with that.

The bottom line is enjoy the music first. In the mean time when you can as im sure most of you have already done make those very small movements and listen a while before making another move. Its quite an enlightening experience for me. I most certainly was making to large of a move on most adjustments. Like i said the graph opened my ears to what small moves are and how easy you could miss the best setting available.