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In Reply to: Anti-skate force : Increase or Decrease posted by Jagdeep on May 12, 2007 at 11:01:49:
Why? Because half the respondents assume you are talking about skating force, and the other half assume you are talking about anti-skating force. Lots of arguments fly back and forth with no resolution. Repeat ad-infinitum...The underlying assumption fueling the argument is that they are one and the same, except they're not.
Skating force is generated by the stylus tracing the groove while riding at the end of a pivoting tonearm.
Anti-skating force is generated by a string and a weight (or a magnet or twisted wires or ...) acting close to the pivot of a pivoting tonearm.
They are two completely different forces, generated by two completely different mechanisms, yet we argue as if they're the same. Hello?!
So let the fun begin!
John Ellison and company will offer diagrams and endless discussion on how skating force is generated and how it varies over the surface of the LP (at 33 and 45!). Groove modulation, stylus profiles and vinyl composition will be mulled over at length.
Others will argue the merits of magnets vs. twisted wires vs. hanging weights. VPI's anti-skate approach will be insulted and defended several times. Everyone will agree it's best set by ear.
Neither side will attempt to analyze the two forces as a system to try and determine which anti-skating approach most closely counters the actual skating forces generated by the stylus tracking the groove, which is the REAL DAMN QUESTION THAT MATTERS!
But WTFDIK?
Wait 5 minutes! I need to get another beer and some popcorn... ;-)
Pete
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Follow Ups
- I love it when this topic comes up! - Pete Fowler 19:53:09 05/12/07 (9)
- What a strange post! - jsm 11:14:39 05/14/07 (0)
- I'm with Pete. - Dave Pogue 08:30:45 05/13/07 (0)
- So WTF didn't you give us the answer?? nt - andyr 01:21:36 05/13/07 (1)
- I was hoping you knew the answer . Want some popcorn? ;-) nt - Pete Fowler 13:56:29 05/13/07 (0)
- Re: I love it when this topic comes up! - John Elison 20:59:43 05/12/07 (4)
- Never claimed to know anything, just smart enough to ask the right questions... ;-) - Pete Fowler 13:53:11 05/13/07 (3)
- Okay, seriously... - Pete Fowler 18:29:13 05/13/07 (2)
- Varying anti-skate force... - tketcham 16:08:30 05/14/07 (0)
- Re: Okay, seriously... - John Elison 07:23:52 05/14/07 (0)
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