earwicker7
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Ok, vinyl newbie here! I'm looking at the manual to prepare myself for setting up the table (still waiting on a couple of things for setup, so it may be a couple of days before I get to it) and I'm utterly confused by this part:
• ANTI-SKATING:
One of the least understood forces acting on a tonearm is anti-skating. Skating force is
created by friction between the stylus and the record creating a force vector in a direction
towards the center of the record. Putting a stylus down on a flat grooveless record will cause
the arm to shoot in toward the center of the record. For years arm manufacturers have been
trying to compensate for this force knowing full well that it is impossible. The force is
constantly changing as the music and the velocity changes.
After very careful listening tests we have determined that every tonearm we tried sounded
better with their mechanical anti-skating disabled and the tracking force very slightly
increased. All mechanical anti-skate devices add a negative sound to the music because
they are made of parts that can vibrate. We solve the problem in a unique way:
As mentioned earlier, the arm wire applies the anti-skating force. The degree of force applied
can be adjusted as explained below.
To increase anti-skating force give the connector a counterclockwise twist (unwinding the
twist in the wire). Likewise, to decrease the force, give the connector a clockwise twist
(winding the twist in the wire
We could go on discussing the pros and cons of how much anti-skate is correct, but the sonic
answer is very simple. Adjust the wire as mentioned above until the tonearm drifts outward
when set to neutral balance. When you push the neutral balance floating tonearm towards
the center of the record, it should push back out towards the rim of the record. Very little
force is needed to do this, and the wire acts like a spring to supply this force.
If you try adjusting the anti-skate with a grooveless record you will ruin
the twist in the wire and void your warrantee
This is all you need for anti-skating.
So could anyone put this last part (from "Adjust the wire..." on) into common english? Am I supposed to do this while playing a record? I guess the whole neutral balance part is throwing me off.
• ANTI-SKATING:
One of the least understood forces acting on a tonearm is anti-skating. Skating force is
created by friction between the stylus and the record creating a force vector in a direction
towards the center of the record. Putting a stylus down on a flat grooveless record will cause
the arm to shoot in toward the center of the record. For years arm manufacturers have been
trying to compensate for this force knowing full well that it is impossible. The force is
constantly changing as the music and the velocity changes.
After very careful listening tests we have determined that every tonearm we tried sounded
better with their mechanical anti-skating disabled and the tracking force very slightly
increased. All mechanical anti-skate devices add a negative sound to the music because
they are made of parts that can vibrate. We solve the problem in a unique way:
As mentioned earlier, the arm wire applies the anti-skating force. The degree of force applied
can be adjusted as explained below.
To increase anti-skating force give the connector a counterclockwise twist (unwinding the
twist in the wire). Likewise, to decrease the force, give the connector a clockwise twist
(winding the twist in the wire
We could go on discussing the pros and cons of how much anti-skate is correct, but the sonic
answer is very simple. Adjust the wire as mentioned above until the tonearm drifts outward
when set to neutral balance. When you push the neutral balance floating tonearm towards
the center of the record, it should push back out towards the rim of the record. Very little
force is needed to do this, and the wire acts like a spring to supply this force.
If you try adjusting the anti-skate with a grooveless record you will ruin
the twist in the wire and void your warrantee
This is all you need for anti-skating.
So could anyone put this last part (from "Adjust the wire..." on) into common english? Am I supposed to do this while playing a record? I guess the whole neutral balance part is throwing me off.
