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RE: Anti-skate and heavier tracking force...

I wanted to find out if I could hear any difference with and without antiskating when I had my Thorens TD-126 with SME III tonearm. As I'm sure you know, the SME III tonearm uses a weight hanging on a string to apply antiskating force. I put on a pair of Grado headphones and sat in front of my turntable with a record playing. I lifted and released the weight numerous times expecting to hear a difference, but I could detect none. I know that HW claims he is incapable of designing an antiskating mechanism for his JMW tonearms that does not degrade sound quality. Well, I guess SME figured out how to do it because I couldn't detect any difference when applying and removing antiskating force as a record was playing.

Best regards,
John Elison

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