Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights

@stringreen , IMHO periphery clamps are a Pita and an accident waiting to happen. They are totally unnecessary if you get a reflex clamp like the SOTA. 

Mijostin…pita for you but not for me. Never dropped it simply flattens the record. The option is to use it or not. I have used it for years

Ok, so I neglected to mention the washer. Sue me. I don’t use it with flat LPs, and again I thought the discussion was about sonic effects of weights and clamps, not record warps. But inevitably it seems headed that way. There’s only about a dozen other threads on that subject. Carry on.

I too have a VPI Scoutmaster Signature with a Dynavector DRT XV1s. After about a year of use, I applied a small portion of black permagum to the cartridge shell and adjusted the counter balance accordingly. It gives the tone arm more mass and sounds great. All of my albums are flat and it’s a toss up whether I use a clamp or not. The lp sits on a cork platter cover, so there’s no slip. Tone arm weight is set to 2 grams. The platter is aluminum-not composite   

Screw on clamp, light weight and it can be attached with variable tightness.  I always use the oem clamp on my VPI Hw19 mk4 just enough to flatten the record.