antiskating

Definitions

A feature of a record player that prevents the stylus from slipping out of the groove and "skating" across the surface of the record.

uncountable

Examples

“Virtually all pickups these days appear⟳ to have⟳ been designed for use⟳ on turntables with antiskating, which my AR lacks. I talked with one man who had replaced his cartridge with a modern one having an elliptical stylus […]”

“I must take⟳ issue⟳ with the method of setting a tone arm's antiskating compensation recommended in August's "Troubleshooting" article […]”

“There are many different ways to generate⟳ the antiskating force⟳. It is incorrect to assume⟳ that increasing the drag⟳ on the horizontal motion of the tonearm will compensate for skating. Skating force⟳ is independent of groove spiraling speed⟳ […]”

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