peace_sells
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Hi guys. I had this problem a few months ago with my Technics SL 1500 (Audio Technica CN5625AL cart). However the problem was solved when I increased the tracking force of the cart from 1.5 gms to 2-2.1 gms (as suggested by Kuruvila Sir from whom i bought the TT. Recommended tracking force for this cart is 1.5 - 3 gms).
Now this problem returned a few days ago : When i raise the tonearm using the lifter, place it over a groove and then drop it, it drifts a bit (away from the record label in the direction of the armrest)...it doesn't drop straight.
So i did some reading over the net and some guy suggested : "Best is to find a grooveless record. Set the anti-skate on 0 and place the needle in the center of the grooveless record while it's spinning. Slowly adjust the anti-skate until the tonearm stays in place without drifting in either direction"
I did this and it worked! Well..not quite. By trying the above method, the antiskate that i ended up with is close to 1.4/1.5 (earlier the antiskate was at 2-2.2). Whereas my cart's VTF is set at 2.1..Isn't this wrong? Shouldn't the antiskate be the same as (close to) the VTF?
Am I missing something here? Does this problem arise just because of a wrong antiskate setting or could it be something else? Is there any other way to rectify this problem?
Cheers,
Saket.
Now this problem returned a few days ago : When i raise the tonearm using the lifter, place it over a groove and then drop it, it drifts a bit (away from the record label in the direction of the armrest)...it doesn't drop straight.
So i did some reading over the net and some guy suggested : "Best is to find a grooveless record. Set the anti-skate on 0 and place the needle in the center of the grooveless record while it's spinning. Slowly adjust the anti-skate until the tonearm stays in place without drifting in either direction"
I did this and it worked! Well..not quite. By trying the above method, the antiskate that i ended up with is close to 1.4/1.5 (earlier the antiskate was at 2-2.2). Whereas my cart's VTF is set at 2.1..Isn't this wrong? Shouldn't the antiskate be the same as (close to) the VTF?
Am I missing something here? Does this problem arise just because of a wrong antiskate setting or could it be something else? Is there any other way to rectify this problem?
Cheers,
Saket.
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