Most popular TT upgrades: skeptical but curious...


1. DeepGroove subplatter.
2. Subplatter ball.
3. Acrylic platter.
4. Michell Techno Weight
5. Plinth legs/pucks/cones etc.
6. Various record clamps and weights.
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1. To remedy speed instability, otherwise useless?
2. Unless original is worn-defective, why bother?
3. Curious to hear if it makes sound better?
4. Baffled. How swapping metal bolts at the end of the arm affects the sound? What are the physics behind it?
5. May be helping to level the table, otherwise useless?
6. Clamps. They seem to do exact opposite of what TT mat suppose to do. Why clamps?

I am not trying to start an argument for the sake of argument. I am interested in improving my Rega P3 as much as other guy. I am just one of those people who needs to know the method behind the madness before plunging.:)
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Michell techno weight adds a stiffer end stub to an RB250 and the geometry of the weight helps offset the downside of a unipivot design by lowering the arm's center of gravity and making the weight act as a sort of "outrigger" to stabilize the unipivot a little more.

Plinth/legs/cones/pucks/isoblocks when optimized to a given turntable should drain vibration out of the turntable innards and into the block, and isolate the turntable platform from in-room vibrations and feedback. Either or both lower the noise floor, quell or reduce resonances, and thereby improve dynamics and inner detail.

Record clamps and weights change the resonance pitch and amplitude of the LP itself, reduces slippage between the record and the platter, thereby improving pace and dynamics, and in my experience with a direct drive turntable, the KAB rubber clamp I use reduces spindle and surface noise.
It's healthy to be skeptical. Why buy a table- and need another platter, bearing for the spindle, pucks, weights, clamps, mats, stands, custom stands and more isolation stands that go under the other two?
All you have to do is buy a Lenco, take it apart, clean it, oil, a dab of grease, adjust the spindle shaft, and, don't forget to place the table in a ply layered plinth.
Shizam!!! You have an excellent idler wheel, vintage table that never needs to be tweaked again. (Because it's so easy, one might be tempted to try a different cartridge).
The only hard part is NOT buying more and more LPS.
One thing I could say for sure for any table ...if you could ... use some sort of wall shelf. Even if you have solid floors I feel the improvement in clarity and focus are worth the effort. Rega does make a shelf but the Target shelf could be a good solution if you decide to get a different table.
Johnnyb53, The rb 250 is not a unipivot,Have you ever actually seen the reduced resonance from using a puck or similar device like on a scope or with any measurement equipment? A record clamp reduces slippage? In 40+ years of playing records Ive never seen or heard of a record slipping during play. Reduces surface noise? Of course you could always buy a lenco and all these problems go away.
i recently bought a rega 25 here on audiogon. it came with the 1rst 4 upgrades u listed along with the heed orbit outboard power supply. so, i can't say what effect those 1rst 4 upgrades may have had. but i do know that when i replaced the heed orbit stock power cord with an after market cord (vh audio flavor 4), my system just took off. blacker backgrounds and a fuller, throbbing sound. now, that particular type of sound may not be right for u. just saying...if u can get a deal on an outboard power supply that might be another option to consider.