I don’t use any clamp or weight on normal listening as I do not find any benefit. The Michell clamp is only to reduce warp on records I rip - if they are bent I don’t play them for normal listening. A weight won’t reduce warp based on my experience with a 500 grm item.

My previous Orbe with clamp was a different beast all together and would even remove warps from records if left clamped for a week or two. The Orbe has a spindle which is slightly raised and the clamp has an outer lip which in effect very slightly dishes the record down. This is one of the features which makes the Orbe a great deck.

Mel