For VPI Unipivot Owners, do you use antiskating?

YogiBoy...absolutely wrong. Skating force happens and is variable upon frequency, signal level, where the sylus is on the record (beginning, end, middle,where in the middle, etc.). Blank discs tell you very little about skating.
Test records? Once the stylus chatters in the groove, the test record is gouged and worthless. PEOPLE>..Just LISTEN. The placement of instruments, the ease of the sound, the ambiance,....all better w/o antiskate.

Stringreen--- What can I say? Soundsmith the cartridge retipper
is not correct? It works for me with my SME arm.Maybe the VPI
is different!

Stringreen. Peter Lederman has been a expert cartridge maker for decades, and a fine one at that. Don't you think he knows what he's talking about? Your response is arrogant. You are not the analog guru you think you are.

I didn't used to, and then I picked up a copy of the excellent Telarc OmniDisc turntable setup record. There is a test track specifically designed to help you dial in anti skate and without it, my Classic 1 with the 10.5 arm didn't fare that well (the AS force of the twisted wire is negligible). Once setup and dialed in though, I was able to play this track with both channels showing signs of distress at the same time.

A retip on your favorite MC is not cheap. Use anti skating. VPI sells turntables, not cartridges.

AnotherJBLnut

That Telarc Omnidisc is great. I have a couple in various conditions.