Need help with anti-skating on Technics SL-1210GR


Hi, I have a Lyra Delos on my 1210GR. When using a blank record or doing the end-of-grooves technique the arm continue to go towards the center unless I have the anti-skating set to 3. I can drop the arm at the beginning of a blank disk and it will move towards the center until I turn the anti-skating all the way up to 3. Repeatable every time.

Do I have a faulty anti-skating? Should I leave it at 3?

I have confirmed the weight at 1.75 with two different scales. I’m also pretty sure the alignment and overhang are correct although I’m not an expert at doing the last two.

Any suggestions?
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Showing 1 response by lewm

You say you set antiskating to prevent the stylus from moving toward the spindle. Now read what Mijostyn wrote. The goal is to have the cartridge move slowly toward the spindle, not to set anti-skate so high that the cartridge stands still in the run out grooves. That may be the reason why you have set antiskate so high. Start over with anti-skate set to zero. Now set the cartridge down in the run out grooves and increase anti-skate only to the point where the cartridge moves very slowly toward the spindle. That’s my recommendation.