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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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jtimothya
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I’m unaware of any standard or measurement for anti-skating that allows the notion of accuracy to apply universally across different tonearms.

Check this thread for some great information on the topic of anti-skating:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/do-45-rpm-records-need-higher-anti-skate-setting?highlight=lp%2Brecords

By the way, could you say a few turntable (tonearm?) manufacturers that offer magnetic anti-skating? 
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