Anti Skating Blank Vinyl

You use it by putting the record on the turntable start it up and put the needle on the blank vinyl in the middle.

Anti skating blank vinyl.

If your tone arm drifts in either direction remove the arm from the blank and slowly turn your anti skate adjustment. In this case you place the needle in the middle of the record. This is a record without grooves it has a flat surface with no music. How do you set the perfect anti skate force of your tonearm.

This is the simplest type of anti skating device where a small weight on a thread is linked to the arm and applies a constant force pulling the arm outwards neatly countering the inward force. I don t think that the blank record is good to set anti skating. Some people use a blank vinyl record. Yes we have calibrated dials but those are compromises at best.

When using a blank vinyl one without any grooves and the setting at zero you can see it work. Adjust anti skate until your tonearm remains in a stationary position. Tracking force at 1 75 elys2 spec same with anti skatin. Grooveless record to demonstrate and calibrate anti skating body of the lp is blank and shiny there is no track on the vinyl.

Repeat procedure of putting tone arm in center of blank while the turntable is running. In this video you will see different methods with their specific pros an. Gravity is the principle here. Anti skate helps to counter act the centrifugal force that pulls the tonearm towards the centre of the record while it s spinning.

Recommended settings by rega. If the needle maintains its place during playback then the anti skate is setup properly. By adjusting it in increments you can find the sweet spot where it will neither track towards or away from the middle.