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Fat Lip Causes Skating

Gotta say, I've had a few with fat lips, and never had a problem finding a sweet spot for set down ... just trickier is all. Good eyesight is a big plus too.
 
Lean closer to the screen and I'll give you a black eye to go with it. :jump:
 
I have had this problem with specific LPs and it comes up on whatever TT they are played. It's not a problem with the stylus or the cart or the matching of the cart and the tonearm or the set down adjustment of the automatic TT. It's just a problem with the LP.

With such LPs one needs to manually set the tonearm down paying attention to keep holding the headshell (resting on the finger) until the stylus grasps a groove and moves from there.
 
SaSi said:
I have had this problem with specific LPs and it comes up on whatever TT they are played. It's not a problem with the stylus or the cart or the matching of the cart and the tonearm or the set down adjustment of the automatic TT. It's just a problem with the LP.

With such LPs one needs to manually set the tonearm down paying attention to keep holding the headshell (resting on the finger) until the stylus grasps a groove and moves from there.
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Read post #20, and he's starting well into the first song and still an issue.
 
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You should be able to tell if your AS is working when you cue drop the tonearm at the beginning of the record. That is, if the arm drops slowly. You should actually see the arm drift outwards during its decent. If you don't see this, the AS may not be working. If you zero balance your arm and apply the AS, you should easily see and feel the arm drifting towards the outside of the record and with some force to it.

From another perspective, the lead in to many records is an area that gets damaged from needle drop. If you have some form of magnification, you could examine the record grooves and might find a damage area in the lead-in groove that is kicking the stylus to the curb. One of my rules is to never do a a stylus drop in the middle of the record. If you notice all the noise at the beginning of a record in the lead-in grooves, that is stylus drop damage.
 
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