Hi David,
I beg to differ on that one as the Continental 1 and 2 both had adjustable anti skate springs, so indeed, AMI must have been thinking about it.
The arm on the wrong side shouldn't make much difference as the cartridge still faces the same way in the groove, albeit that the arc traced by the tracking error is a different way around to the standard one. (but there again this would apply to the 2 stylus upright playing ones like Seeburg/NSM/Jupiter as well, for one of the styli.)
I agree it seems rare for anti skate. Maybe they were experimenting with it. I dunno.
I have 2 Gates CB77 broadcast decks from BBC Radio 1/2 and the big Gray Research unipivot tonearms certainly don't have any anti skate setup. I hear that above 3 grams it's not needed. Not sure if that's true or rumour but does make you wonder why Ami bothered.
Regards
Nigel, uk
On 8 Nov 2023 at 16:02, David Breneman via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 06:54:00 AM PST, Nigel Pugh via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:
But, my question is, behind the reed switch are two brackets about an inch> apart. I have always thought these were a crude anti skate system.
I would be really surprised if anti-skating was a consideration in the designof this mechanism. I mean, the tone arm is even on the wrong side. That'snot something you do if you're concerned about delicately tracing a stereogroove. RCA never even considered skating in the design of the 45. Anti-skating didn't come into common use, as far as I know, until the 1970s. Andcommercial turntables, like those used in broadcasting, never had it.
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