Record Clamps: The Absence Of

[YNWaN]

My experience with weights and clamps is thus:

1/ Coupling the record tightly to a mat often gives an over-damped and lifeless quality to the music. I rarely (pretty much never) like the effect even on those decks designed to have one (I know my deck uses one but then the mat arrangement is very different; as is the bearing).

2/ They help couple bearing noise to the record and thus to the stylus.

Audiophiles love accessories (I've got at least 3 different clamps).

[Alex_UK]

Main reason for wanting one is I've got a few records (a fair few) that seam to sit up in the middle, and the KAB CClamp appears to be an update of the Revolver pig idea I think in that it grips the spindle, so presumably you can control the amount of down-force (or not). Maybe just some blue tack would do the trick? But as you say Mark, we do love gadgets...

[The Grand Wazoo]

Trouble is, a clamp only really works on the convex side - you're rarely able to flatten the concave side even if you put something like a felt washer underneath, because a clamp doesn't have a big enough diameter.