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Have you checked to see whether your TT is level...

By turning off all antiskate, and undoing the arm's counter-weight so the arm is completely free to float? Does the arm hover freely at any spot over the playing surface? Most antiskate problems center around the arm not being completely balanced and free to move in the horizontal plane. Too often, in typical audiophile fashion, a bubble-level is used on the table itself with the assumption that this will neutralize the gravitational forces placed on the arm. This is bad science.

If the arm doesn't float without movement, shim the TT until it does- even if the TT looks out of level. Usually the TT not being set to 'true' level this way is the cause of most antiskate problems.

In the relationship of arm to TT, the tail (arm) must wag the dog!

Good luck!


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