Pros and Cons of Platter Mass


I am curious about the pros and cons of high and low mass platters in terms of physics and sonics. Like, why a designer would choose one over the other, and why any of you would have a preference. Although I do not anticipate any freak arguments about which is best in this relatively benign topic, let's try to keep this normal, ok? Thanks
ohlala
@totem395 
You are looking at this upside down -
the objective of a high mass platter is to make it immune to stylus drag.
How heavy does it need to be - Brinkmann says 15kg minimum, Kuzma  claims similar.
Kuzma says stylus drag cannot be eliminated completely - so it boils down to heavy platter, high resistance to stylus drag vs light platter less resistance to stylus drag which would require fast and smooth non invasive speed correction.
So it comes down to which is the lesser of the two evils - very small stylus drag effects on a high intertia platter, or larger speed errors corrected more vigorously on a light platter.
Unfprtunately cost always factors into design high mass platters with sutiable quality bearings are not cheap.

+1 dover

IME, speed consistency of "heavy" platters is a non-issue, given the drive systems that are now available.