It's not about "passing" anything

Posted by Fretless (A) on December 14, 2005 at 20:08:50

In Reply to: This antiskate thing is really starting to annoy me... posted by karmaceutical on December 14, 2005 at 19:21:18:

I have a UP-4 too, and after loosening the anti-skate watchspring screw to release all the tension, I usually only need to re-tension the watchspring wheel around one full turn (by hand) to get the anti-skating lever travel in the ballpark for most of the cartridges I've tried.

The bias tracks aren't some kind of tracking challenge. It's not about getting through an obstacle course, but finding the threshold where the stylus just begins to audibly lose its hold on the groove so one can determine which channel is letting go first. The only reason there are four tracks of gradually increasing difficulty is that different arm/cartridge combinations have a different threshold where the stylus begins to mistrack.

The idea is to balance the buzz equally on both channels; that's all. Don't try to get rid of the buzz. That will only result in way too much bias compensation, which is why the HFNRR test LP gets a bad rap with those who don't understand how to use it.

Once you get it set at that point, fine-tune it over time by ear using music.

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Topic - This antiskate thing is really starting to annoy me... - karmaceutical 19:21:18 12/14/05 (14)

Have you checked to see whether your TT is level... - Spinner 03:18:12 12/17/05 (0)

Lyra's and antiskating... - brad 10:28:02 12/15/05 (0)

Does the Lyra have at least 100 hours on it? - tubesforever 22:44:40 12/14/05 (1)

Stop fretting - set it by ear - - kavakidd 21:39:18 12/14/05 (0)

Fretless has definately broken the code on this one ! (NT) - Fred J 21:19:40 12/14/05 (2)

What code? English? Instructions are incluted! (nt) - Tawe 07:11:34 12/15/05 (1)

Secret decoder ring required - Fretless 11:58:56 12/15/05 (0)

Go linear - daven 20:49:08 12/14/05 (1)

Wrongo! All linears do, just cannot control it... - larryLR 22:14:20 12/18/05 (0)

It's not about "passing" anything - Fretless 20:08:50 12/14/05 (2)

Hear hear! - Munkie_NL 01:19:50 12/15/05 (0)

Best post on this subject I have read in a long time! nt - Stephen Murphy 23:00:37 12/14/05 (0)

Lyra Argo - DevilDawgMom 20:07:10 12/14/05 (1)

Re: Lyra Argo - CAFC 23:52:45 12/14/05 (0)

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It's not about "passing" anything - Fretless 20:08:50 12/14/05 (2)

Hear hear! - Munkie_NL 01:19:50 12/15/05 (0)

Best post on this subject I have read in a long time! nt - Stephen Murphy 23:00:37 12/14/05 (0)

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