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Recently I have concluded that a 375g record weight is not as effective as my well tempered screw on record clamp because the clamp is more effective at preventing the record from sliding on the platter when properly tightened. Or is there a heaver record weight which can be as effected as a well tightened screw on clamp? The WTC uses a clamp the WTA does not and so on the WTA what record mat material is being used to prevent the record from sliding as the needle tracks or attempts to grind the platter to a halt with its tracking force?
I'm not sure I understand how a screw on clamp's pressure negatively affects the platter. A record weight has the potential to add pressure to the bearing, but a clamp's pressure is purely against the platter, and unless the clamp is screwed too tightly, or the platter is too flimsy, I would think its impact would be benign.
tracking force used is 0.00595248108 pounds or 2.7grams.If I would imagine if one were to place an LP on a platter mark the platter and edge of the LP in theory I would suspect that friction would cause the two marks to separate defining a need for a clamp to prevent this movement.So then why were clamps weighted or screw on or clamp on created?
The floating platter dynamic of the Amadeus is fairly touchy. You'd spend half your listening session rebalancing the platter if you insisted on using a clamp.....which is not necessary with this table. Wasn't designed for one and doesn't need one.
Nonsense, I'm fully familiar with the bearing design and there is nothing that makes this touchy or requires "balancing" once the platter is spinning. Clamps can be very light weight (think of the VPI or even the early Radio Shack) and placng that weight centrally over the spindle will not throw anything "off". Hell, a slightly tight belt has a better chance of thowing the platter out of balance than a clamp does.