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In Reply to: RE: AR Turntable tonearm question posted by Bill Way on August 2, 2022 at 15:40:52:
"Harry Weisfeld of VPI, which makes some of the best tonearms on the planet, said that anti-skate improves tracking a bit, and hurts the sound a bit. As cartridges today track so very well, the tracking is really a non-issue. That's why VPI arms didn't have anti-skate compensation until they gave in to customer demands recently. He still urges customers to not use it, and I agree. Remember that everything on the arm resonates, so removing any inessential stuff is generally a good idea."Harry is against anti skate "Devices". He feels they vibrate too much and add more problems than they fix. As far as I know he doesn't reject the idea that there is a skating force and that it needs to be compensated for. His uni pivot tonearms do that by placing a twist in the wire. A twisted wire is not a anti skate "device" according to Harry. It's just a twist in a wire that gets the job done.
Tre'
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