1. Anti-skating does not affect crosstalk. Checking crosstalk because you adjusted A/S is like checking the oil because you adjusted tire pressure. ;)
2. The HFN&RR test record makes a handy dust cover for the platter when the TT's not in use. It serves little other practical purpose. Mine hasn't been out of its jacket in years.
Its so-called anti-bias (anti-skating) tracks are incorrectly designed and their instructions poorly written. Thousands of people have mis-used them to set anti-bias higher than it needs to be, to the detriment of their music and perhaps their cartridges.
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In the end, one can't fine tune VTF with a scale, VTA/SRA with a microscope or anti-skating with a test record. One must train ears and brain to understand how these parameters affect the behavior of the stylus in the groove whilst playing real music.
2. The HFN&RR test record makes a handy dust cover for the platter when the TT's not in use. It serves little other practical purpose. Mine hasn't been out of its jacket in years.
Its so-called anti-bias (anti-skating) tracks are incorrectly designed and their instructions poorly written. Thousands of people have mis-used them to set anti-bias higher than it needs to be, to the detriment of their music and perhaps their cartridges.
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In the end, one can't fine tune VTF with a scale, VTA/SRA with a microscope or anti-skating with a test record. One must train ears and brain to understand how these parameters affect the behavior of the stylus in the groove whilst playing real music.