I wonder if a noisy bearing transmitting chatter or resonance up the shaft and
spindle into the platter and then the LP is the reason that some people report
better results without the use of a weight or clamp. The LP is thus less coupled
to the noisy platter. Clamping this LP would transfer more noise to the stylus
and thus out through the system.
It seems that the goal is to minimize resonances at the LP/stylus interface. That
means draining energy and resonances out through the arm and also down
through the platter/bearing. If resonances are entering the system from the
bearing then the use of a record weight or clamp could make the situation worse
by coupling the LP to the resonance transmitting platter.
I would think the ideal is a silent bearing supporting a heavy, damped platter
coupled closely to a flat LP. This would introduce minimum resonance/noise
and drain away energy from the stylus.
spindle into the platter and then the LP is the reason that some people report
better results without the use of a weight or clamp. The LP is thus less coupled
to the noisy platter. Clamping this LP would transfer more noise to the stylus
and thus out through the system.
It seems that the goal is to minimize resonances at the LP/stylus interface. That
means draining energy and resonances out through the arm and also down
through the platter/bearing. If resonances are entering the system from the
bearing then the use of a record weight or clamp could make the situation worse
by coupling the LP to the resonance transmitting platter.
I would think the ideal is a silent bearing supporting a heavy, damped platter
coupled closely to a flat LP. This would introduce minimum resonance/noise
and drain away energy from the stylus.