mmaatt
pfm Member
I don't get any audible end of side distortion: it's all about accurate cartridge alignment and having a quality deck with a quality arm which has decent anti-skating, and a cartridge with a fine line diamond tip which tracks the groove properly.
All the above doesn't come cheap but it is wrong to say that all record players produce end of side distortion. The manual that came with the Townsend Elite Gauge explains how even on the innermost grooves tracking error can be set to within 1% with correct cartridge alignment.
Also not all anti-skating mechanisms are as capable: on the Artemiz the bias force increases towards the centre of the record where more is needed.
mat
All the above doesn't come cheap but it is wrong to say that all record players produce end of side distortion. The manual that came with the Townsend Elite Gauge explains how even on the innermost grooves tracking error can be set to within 1% with correct cartridge alignment.
Also not all anti-skating mechanisms are as capable: on the Artemiz the bias force increases towards the centre of the record where more is needed.
mat