I set antiskating by ear, using a Shure test record (i.e., a torture test with increasing modulation levels). Setting antiskating this way always improves the ability to track test records. Frankly, I have so few regular records that my cartridge cannot track cleanly, it is hard to set antiskating this way with anything but a torture test record.
With all of the arms I've set this way, the result is FAR less antiskating compensation than what the manufacturer of the arm recommended. My guess is that most people end up dialing in too much compensation.
With all of the arms I've set this way, the result is FAR less antiskating compensation than what the manufacturer of the arm recommended. My guess is that most people end up dialing in too much compensation.