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Yes, it came with the Sovereign turntable.
For many years before this I have been using my own DIY carbon fiber clamp. You can see it on my system page. It is designed to clamp the record flat to the platter from the outside edge. It does this by being dished out so only the perimeter of the clamp contacts the record. A carbon fiber washer fits around the spindle and holds the record up just a little less than 1mm above the platter. The clamp then presses the record down from this point, so that the outside edge contacts the platter first.
Over the years this was tweaked and improved with fO.q tape on the washer and clamp, blue tack under the washer, and a mylar disc. This clamp is so effective that when removed after playing a side the record remains held down by atmospheric pressure. Yes my DIY clamp achieved vacuum hold down. I am that good.
I took this clamp with me to CES and compared it with everything I could find. I heard nothing better at any price. It was so good DJ Casser copied it for his BDR record clamp.
The reason I am going on in such detail about how freaking good my record clamp is, I want you to understand just what it means when I say the Origin Live Gravity One kicked butt, stomped its a$$, and it wasn't even funny. Before setting up the Soverign I used the Gravity One on my old table. It was no contest. MUCH better truth of timbre, greater dynamics, impressive detail, extension, just more of everything you want and none of what you don't.
Plus it weighs next to nothing. Slides on and off so easy. Just to look at it you would swear no way this thing is gonna work at all. A weight that weighs next to nothing. That is supposed to control vibration but it rattles. Flimsy, etc. Funny thing though, it works. Use it? Love it!
Do you use the Origin Live Gravity One ?
Yes, it came with the Sovereign turntable.
For many years before this I have been using my own DIY carbon fiber clamp. You can see it on my system page. It is designed to clamp the record flat to the platter from the outside edge. It does this by being dished out so only the perimeter of the clamp contacts the record. A carbon fiber washer fits around the spindle and holds the record up just a little less than 1mm above the platter. The clamp then presses the record down from this point, so that the outside edge contacts the platter first.
Over the years this was tweaked and improved with fO.q tape on the washer and clamp, blue tack under the washer, and a mylar disc. This clamp is so effective that when removed after playing a side the record remains held down by atmospheric pressure. Yes my DIY clamp achieved vacuum hold down. I am that good.
I took this clamp with me to CES and compared it with everything I could find. I heard nothing better at any price. It was so good DJ Casser copied it for his BDR record clamp.
The reason I am going on in such detail about how freaking good my record clamp is, I want you to understand just what it means when I say the Origin Live Gravity One kicked butt, stomped its a$$, and it wasn't even funny. Before setting up the Soverign I used the Gravity One on my old table. It was no contest. MUCH better truth of timbre, greater dynamics, impressive detail, extension, just more of everything you want and none of what you don't.
Plus it weighs next to nothing. Slides on and off so easy. Just to look at it you would swear no way this thing is gonna work at all. A weight that weighs next to nothing. That is supposed to control vibration but it rattles. Flimsy, etc. Funny thing though, it works. Use it? Love it!