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In Reply to: Many Empire arms have no provision for anti-skate posted by Dave Pogue on August 24, 2016 at 04:53:53:
the cartridge was torturing the LP, not vice-versa.The subject of AS and whether to use it and how much to use has been done to death. I suggest that the OP should search the archives. There are many who swear by using no AS at all. The consensus among the remaining majority, including me, seems to be to use very very little but do use some. On average, I would say that one can use much less than the "recommended" amount. I espouse the notion of starting with the minimal amount possible and then increasing AS until the threshold where one no longer perceives tracking distortion.
I do realize that the OP's problem may be lack of any AS mechanism on the Empire tonearm. Sorry for going off on a tangent. (Lack of tangency being the basic problem.) Good suggestion about the Jelco substitute tonearm.
Edits: 08/24/16
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Follow Ups
- Maybe because in that Empire tonearm,... - Lew 06:37:54 08/24/16 (2)
- The Empire 990 tonearm has a antiskate adjustment - Tre' 13:55:00 08/24/16 (1)
- but the 980 does not. (nt) - Tre' 13:57:56 08/24/16 (0)