Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Turntable mats and clamps Message-ID: <1534@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:40:08 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1534 Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:40:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:33:17 EDT References: <690@charm.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 32 Summary: In article <690@charm.UUCP> prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) writes: >Well, the salesman told me that clamps and damps are out. Today's >high-end turntables are made of NON-DAMPING materials, like acrylic. >What say you all to that, eh?? He went on to explain that acrylic has >the same resonant frequency as a record, a statement which shows an >admirable ignorance of simple physics. Damping takes out the harshness, >but music is sometimes harsh, blah, blah, and the logic started to >fade a little. >So waddaya say, folks? Do we use rubber mats and C-clamps like >we used to, or do we go to glass? >By the way, who knows of a record clamp with a low profile and which will >not bump into my tonearm? the salesman doesn't really know what he's talking about, if your praphrasing is reasonably accurate. i have used both kinds, as well as glass, ceramic, and fibrous mats. i'll stay with my conductive rubber Angstrom and clamp. you can try a Nagaoka rubber record clamp, but i am of the opinion that unless the platter mat is of the right rubber, you will not be getting all your money's worth. the mission mat, sorbomat, platter matter, or any of those type of mats are best, and should be used with a clamp. the key is very high damping in the mat with tight coupling to the mat by a clamp. if nothing else, your warp problems will be reduced, reducing warp induced flutter. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu