If you want to improve sound quality, the Origin Live Gravity One record weight is the best I have heard, by far. It is also the lightest, and easiest to use. This record "weight" is only about 2oz. Unlike others that clamp or use mass to damp vibrations the Gravity One uses a combination of different materials. It looks and feels and works unlike any other.
It contacts the record only on a small triangular shaped area near the spindle. The weight itself uses a flexible rubbery type spacer to avoid coupling to the spindle. It effectively channels vibrations generated in playing a record off the record and into the weight without reflecting any of this energy back into the record. Being decoupled from the bearing it is unable to channel any vibration from there into the record. It attenuates all frequencies evenly.
The result is improvement in transient response, timbre, detail, and extension. Not subtle either. I was shocked how much better it works than my carbon fiber clamp, that was until now the best I had heard.
I got this with my Origin Live Sovereign MkIV turntable. Tried it on my Teres before setting the Sovereign up. They also make a record mat that uses a similar approach and can be bought separately but on the Sovereign is bonded to the platter or I would have tried that on the Teres as well.
The Gravity One is a total no-brainer. Record weights by the way, no they will not harm your turntable, platter, bearing, at all. If you are the least bit concerned however then this is by far the lightest one on the market. And most effective.
