Experience w/ Trans-Fi Auio Terminator Tone Arm?

Has anyone tried an LP ring clamp with their Salvation TT? The Resomat would seem to create issues with warped LPs (VTA, azimuth).

Redglobe, I'm v.close to making a decision to buy the Salvation w. Terminator arm. My only other possibility is the Technics SL1200-derived Inspire Monarch.
I can tell you if you use it with Vic's Terminator T3Pro linear tracking arm (his preference, and all Salvations so far have been fitted with his arm), because of proximity of arm base arrangement to platter, it will not accommodate an outer ring.
Vic really believes, contrary to popular opinion, that use of rings/clamps damps the life out of lp replay.
Having heard his set up with the Reso Mat, I can only agree with him.
If I go down this route, moderately unflat lps will play ok, and I'll use something like the Vinyl Flat or Furutech LP Flattener with my handful of severely warped lps that may not work without a ring/clamp.

Spiritofmusic,

Have you actually measured the space between platter and tonearm base? I see a couple of users of the T3Pro using outer rings with non-Transfi decks.

I cannot fathom how a clamp can damp the life out of an LP: Eliminating vibration in the LP will make it easier for the stylus to track the groove. Isn't it easier to walk on non-vibrating surface than on one that is moving?

Is there anyone in the Chicagoland area that has the Terminator Pro or the Salvation deck with which I can hear with my own ears?

Redglobe, you can use an outer ring with a non-Trans Fi tt using the Terminator. The problem is using the Salvation, it has an oversized platter the outer edge of which is mere millimetres from the Terminator arm base construction.
I agree with you, logic would suggest that clamps/rings to level out an lp while playing must aid cartridge tracking. Maybe there is something inherent in linear tracking that obviates the need for such a concept. I suspect it may be a good idea to invest in something like the Vinyl Flat to allow lps to lie as level as possible prior to playing.

Redglobe, I'm in the Detroit area. If you want to spend the time to come to Detroit, you can hear my T-3 on a VPI HW-19.

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