Anti Skating Blank Vinyl

If the needle maintains its place during playback then the anti skate is setup properly.

Anti skating blank vinyl.

Gravity is the principle here. In this case you place the needle in the middle of the record. How do you set the perfect anti skate force of your tonearm. Well in short it is the only truly accurate way to set the anti skating force on your high quality turntable.

You use it by putting the record on the turntable start it up and put the needle on the blank vinyl in the middle. If your tone arm drifts in either direction remove the arm from the blank and slowly turn your anti skate adjustment. Recommended settings by rega. Anti skate helps to counter act the centrifugal force that pulls the tonearm towards the centre of the record while it s spinning.

I don t think that the blank record is good to set anti skating. Some people use a blank vinyl record. Grooveless record to demonstrate and calibrate anti skating body of the lp is blank and shiny there is no track on the vinyl. The record is shiny with no scratches all you see in the picture are reflections on the disc.

In this video you will see different methods with their specific pros an. Adjust anti skate until your tonearm remains in a stationary position. Repeat procedure of putting tone arm in center of blank while the turntable is running. This is a record without grooves it has a flat surface with no music.

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. By adjusting it in increments you can find the sweet spot where it will neither track towards or away from the middle. Yes we have calibrated dials but those are compromises at best.