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Hey, you're welcome. I didn't mean to be rude....

I really thought you might have been making a joke because some others called c-J a troll. I'm really surprised, though, that the Vinyl Engine would allow such nonsense to go unchallenged.

As far as antiskating is concerned, it really doesn't matter whether grooves are present or not. A spinning flat surface without grooves will also cause skating force. It just might not cause the same amount of skating force as a grooved surface because the stylus contacts a flat surface at its tip while the sides of stylus contact a groove. Depending on the geometry of the stylus, there will normally be a difference in the frictional force. Of course, if you select a completely different material, such as glass instead of vinyl, then you will definitely have a different frictional force in all respects.

There is really no good way to set antiskating that I have found. Since I have a very expensive tonearm, I use its antiskating gauge as a starting point. I figure SME has done their research; however, every cartridge is slightly different due to stylus geometry and cantilever suspension. Therefore, I tweak by ear when I feel I hear tracking problems on highly dynamic LPs. Recently, I felt the need to reduce antiskating slightly on my DL-103R after hearing some anomalies on a couple of records. I'm tracking my DL-103R at 2.5-grams, but my antiskating is set to about 2.2. So far, it seems to be just about right.

Best regards,
John Elison

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