Turntable weight affects speed

And, to cover as many bases as possible, I’ll order a new belt. 

A new bearing/turntable… not today. 

trying to be more diligent about updating threads.

Further research located an old review of this tt by M Fremer which said there is an internal potentiometer for adjusting speed.  It was not referenced in the manual. So I bought the RPM Pro app, opened up the power supply box, made some adjustments: problem solved.
  But went ahead and ordered a belt and OL tt “weight”.  The app said the wow and flutter was .25, a little higher than desirable. 

Thanks to Michael Fremer and all the ideas on this thread.

But aren't you just increasing the speed (power to the motor?) to compensate for the additional load? I wonder if that will overdrive/overheat the motor and impact its longevity. 

Agreed, increasing the load might be detrimental. Lightweight Origin Live “weight” is on the way. 
 

thanks for all the ideas.

@lloydc

On belt replacement, 

I use two belts on my table. Every six months or so I drop them into a pan of boiling water for about twenty seconds, this "un stretches" them a bit. After drying, they go into the zip lock with baby powder in it, then shake them off and re install. I get a lot more life from them this way.