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. Calibration record comes shrink wrapped in a 12 standard jacket. Adjust anti skate until your tonearm remains in a stationary position. You use it by putting the record on the turntable start it up and put the needle on the blank vinyl in the middle.

Recommended settings by rega. Grooveless record to demonstrate and calibrate anti skating body of the lp is blank and shiny there is no track on the vinyl. 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. The record is shiny with no scratches all you see in the picture are reflections on the disc.

Anti skate helps to counter act the centrifugal force that pulls the tonearm towards the centre of the record while it s spinning. How do you set the perfect anti skate force of your tonearm. 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.

Well in short it is the only truly accurate way to set the anti skating force on your high quality turntable. Some people use a blank vinyl record. 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.

If your tone arm drifts in either direction remove the arm from the blank and slowly turn your anti skate adjustment. By adjusting it in increments you can find the sweet spot where it will neither track towards or away from the middle. In this case you place the needle in the middle of the record.