Originally Posted by
SEAWOLF97
I notice that you dont use a record clamp on the old vinyl.....I read abt them in catalogs, but wasn't going to put out $30-200 on one....so made my own...one is an old counter weight..the other is a hockey puck (now has a JBL label on it) , have used big rubber JBL subwoofer (china made ones) feet....anyway, you would be surprised on how much it flattens a record that already looks flat ,,,,and now the groove is more aligned to the stylus...
the counter weight one is centered with an old 45 rpm adapter...EZ.
Hey SeaWolf, nice work. I've seen hockey pucks and counter weights used. I have used a Michell record clamp on other tables, but use a Herbie's Way Excellent II turntable mat on advice from my turntable guy who set up the Goldring Maestro on my Thorens, recomended the Pro-ject Tube Box II phono pre, etc. He said use the mat, forget about a clamp on the Thorens. The mat seems to work really well with the the Maestro MC cartridge. was $60 but nothing is too good for the LPs especially with the $500+$700 sunk in the phono stage. well regarded, here's the blurb on it:
Made from finely textured, open-cell silicone foam, this mat has unsurpassed vibration-absorbing characteristics and no resonant qualities to discolor the music. Records are thoroughly decoupled from unwanted platter vibration.
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A black elastomer "donut" on top of the white foam base reduces vinyl/stylus feedback and eliminates lateral slippage. Unique qualities allow the vinyl to "give" slightly, microscopically, to stylus contact, allowing the record groove to be tracked smoothly and accurately. Completely non-tacky, records lift right off the mat, while the underlying foam sticks firmly to the platter (records can be lifted off while the platter is turning). Available in a variety of thicknesses and diameters to fit almost any turntable.
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You've Got to Hear it!
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"Outperforms virtually any other mat available."--Robert Stein, The Cable Company