Durand record weight ha ha ha ha - and other crazy thing

Hi Nikola.

I assume that you don't own any dog (grin).

But I do own a black four legged critter again. Ever since I realized that Yogi was watching me in the woods. :^0
He can be seen on my virtual system. Not Yogi - my dog... 
Your reference to a piece of meat was bang on from mypersonal experience. Mind you, this summer our dog took fancy to my wife's cell phone lying there on a lawn chair, picked it up, starting prancing around with it, and threatened to take it into the lake. In this case sacrificing a peanut butter cookie instead of a piece of meat got it back.

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Somehow I found myself on this fun thread - so I will provide my opinion.  

Unless a record weight was designed in as part of the tables design, I see them as accessories.
   
As one example of this, the designer of my table Mr. Verdier (RIP) - told me through email that La Platine was designed to be used with no mat and or record weight.  All external and record resonances, vibrations, what have you - are taken care of as part of its design. A lot of thought went into the table.
However.....

He knew audiophiles would use them anyway, and here I was asking him about it too. Well I was heavy into my Audiophilia Nervosa phase at this time. A few years ago now.  
So he said to me, and the manual for the table does say this. "if you choose to use a record weight the table supports 8 kg."

Happy listening.

Nandric

I never
thought that they like ''cookies''.

He is fed a dog diet (pretty boring) but this dog will eat everything including pineapple slices. the only thing he seems to leave alone is spinach.

You are not, I hope, vegetarian?

I try to take care of myself (diet, exercise, music :^) but I am heading there it seems. Latest tests I have been told to limit red meat. Chicken and fish only. I see the big American hamburgers on TV and I salivate worse than the dog. (sorry not a pretty picture)

Otherwise we all will have pity with your dog.

Nikola - from my viewpoint right now being married 30+ years. If I had a choice to live like my dog for 12-15 years or take what I have now.....
Hmmmmm.....

Sorry to the OP for digressing.

I think the real question would start at, is this the biggest sound quality improvement I could get for $3,500 or less; but maybe it ends at I've already spent money on everything I've read about and can think of, but I still have money left over. 

A $1,200 power cable may improve the sound of my amp more than a $250 cable; but I am still using a $400 cartridge. So I'm not planning on buying either for quite a while?

What I decided to do a while back is... try things (out for myself).

So, I have a couple of outbuildings on my property. I invested in the appropriate woodworking machinery, so I can try these things for myself.

Some may say "I don't have the space, or I don't have the time". It all depends on one's abilities and one's priorities..

If one has 2/3rds of these requirements... go for it!

As far as ct0517's remark from his TT's manufacturer.. well, I did not find any relevance.

For instance, I have a couple of VPI's center weights. I'm going to machine in some threaded holes to accept differing materials. I have some carbon fiber, some Ebony Gaboon, etc..

Upon listening to these without the benefit of a mechanically bond, there is a real difference. Though, it is apparent that an appropriate mechanical bond will give me the exact means of what I'm hearing vs. the exchange of material. There is NO  other way of proving this than for ones' self.