anti-skating, whats it for?, how it works and how to adjust it properly

This is a video showing you what the anti-skate does, how it works and how to set it correctly on a turntable.
Having your anti-skating set up correctly will minimize jumping and increase sound quality.

Please note that different turntables will be slightly different in the placing and the units of measurement on the anti-skating but essentially there all the same thing.

please note also that turntables with a straight tone arm as apposed to a s shaped tone arm my not have an anti-skate dial if it doesnt it because it doesnt require anti-skating as most straight tone arms dont.

Different types of stylus will need different amount of anti-skating, for example elliptical needles will require less anti-skating because they are sharper (but will ware your records out quicker)

Spherical needles will require slightly more anti-skate because they are more rounded (but will make your records last longer)

Also needles with different weight rating will require different amounts of anti-skating heaver needles will need less anti-skating because there is more weight holding it into the groove and the opposite applies for lighter needles.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• anti-skating
• anti
• skate
• dial
• turntable
• vinyl
• needle
• jumping
• skiping
• stylus

[wolfywho]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you!

[viperfrank]

@wolfywho No problem, thank you for your comment and your feed back.

Nice One ; )

[ndupree]

Great job explaning that,thanks!

[viperfrank]

@ndupree No problem, thank you for your feed back and your comment.

Nice One ; )

[DjToddP916]

wow thank you sir, very good video big help.

[viperfrank]

@DjToddP916 No problem, I'm glad you like the video, thank you for your comment and kind words.

Nice One ; )

[clicknfix]

Nice one man excellent explanation and thank you. Would or could this be the reason why im generally getting less signal on one channel as opposed to the other? I just bought a pair of 1210s and they're both putting out less on the left and my anti-skates don't work properly yet to test this

[TornRuggedAudio35]

APHRODITE__FUGEES! bigup!

(i've got the hype "ready or not" one-sided promo....i'll use that....)

[truesouljs]

That was a great help ViperFrank...thanks a lot. I used to turn the counterweight backwards on my 1210's to make it skip less when scratching. I tried this with a 1 sided record & it works a treat. To everyone who uses Shure M44-7's with Technics 1200/1210's. There's no need to turn your counterweight backwards. I find putting counterweight on normally & setting to it 2.5 & setting Anti -skate to 2, I can scratch great now & get no skipping. Try it people...it works well. Peace!

[viperfrank]

@darkYT Thank you, I'm glad you like the video. hopefully more videos on the way soon.

Thanks for your support.

Nice One ; )