Anti Skating Blank Vinyl

Some people use a blank vinyl record.

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. 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. Repeat procedure of putting tone arm in center of blank while the turntable is running.

How do you set the perfect anti skate force of your tonearm. I don t think that the blank record is good to set anti skating. When using a blank vinyl one without any grooves and the setting at zero you can see it work. Calibration record comes shrink wrapped in a 12 standard jacket.

Yes we have calibrated dials but those are compromises at best. In this case you place the needle in the middle of the record. Gravity is the principle here. Grooveless record to demonstrate and calibrate anti skating body of the lp is blank and shiny there is no track on the vinyl.

If your tone arm drifts in either direction remove the arm from the blank and slowly turn your anti skate adjustment. The record is shiny with no scratches all you see in the picture are reflections on the disc. This is a record without grooves it has a flat surface with no music. Well in short it is the only truly accurate way to set the anti skating force on your high quality turntable.

Adjust anti skate until your tonearm remains in a stationary position. If the needle maintains its place during playback then the anti skate is setup properly. Recommended settings by rega.