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What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline?

I have seen turntables from Project, Music Hall, and a few other brands that still incorporate a small barrel weight attached to short fishline string which is stretched across a hooking loop to set ANTI-SKATING. It seems to be an artifact from the 1960's and 1970's tonearm design. It is also easy to lose or break 

My question is how accurate is that "device" compared to magnetic anti-skating employed by many turntable manufacturers   Thank you

sunnyjim

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astro58go
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I agree with the possibility that some uni-pivot arms can be somewhat stabilized with the use of anti-skating.

I don't find it plausible that the use of fishing line on some anti-skate mechanisms will somehow stretch over time. We're not talking about tons of weight here folks Gimme a break! After all, these designs have some adjustability for an extreme worst case scenario.
astro58go
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What is the perfect scenario? (assuming in this scenario, there is no R/L channel distortion).

When one raises then lowers the arm down into the lp groove, should it arrive in the same place from which it was initially raised? This would, I assume, allow the arm to move toward the center of the lp by forward motion of it's tracing the groove in the lp.

Is there the thought that more or less artificial force is needed?
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