How do I find a stylus for my turntable?

[knb226]

So I installed my new stylus and adjusted the cantilever and it is parallel and scale set to "0" how do I know what to adjust the scale to and adjust the antiskating too? I read my service manual (downloaded from this site) and it does not say what to set the scale or anti-skating too. I am assuming I set the scale to the drag force of my stylus (2-4 grams for the one I bought) but I don't know what to do about the anti-skating? Thanks in advance!

[dlaloum]

Once the arm is balanced, you adjust the scale so it shows "0" - then rotate the Counterweight (with scale attached) until it shows the desired downforce (VTF).
The VTF will depend on which stylus you purchase, obviously! - with yours being 2 to 4g, start with 3g or even 3.5g - You may later choose to ease off the VTF a bit - a touch heavier is safer than a touch lighter...

Finally you set the anti-skating to around half whatever you set the VTF to.
(starting assumption - it can then be fine tuned further, some setups can use very little or even no anti-skating bias...)

[knb226]

Great thanks for the help! What is the anti-skating anyways?

[stevecramertoo]

The letters (XLM, QLM, VLM, K8, ZLM) were different ADC cartridge models... but the interesting thing is that the bodies manufactured were always identical - all that varied is the stylus. (there are a couple of exceptions, but...)

I've had both the silver and gold colored ADC's open (the adhesive gave up) and pulled the case body/sleeves off and I found they were quite different. I've also heard the silver ones were slightly less desirable and were used with the lower-end cartridges like the QLM, VLM, K8 etc. and the gold were used with the higher-end better cut styli like the ADC XT IV(nude diamond) ZLM and most of the XLM variance's.

Of course I also have several 'XLM II' with a black colored case/sleeve. Exceptions; there surely was.

[dlaloum]

Were the gold and silver bodies you opened of the same vintage? same inductance/resistance?