Alears said:
CJSF said:
CJSF said:
Picture in the 2nd post . . . does anyone recognise this, it was, I think, a magazine givaway record clamp in the 80's???? Are they still avaliable, I've tried the internet with no luck . . . but then I'm not a good resercher. CJSF
Any one recognise this rubber devise, is it still avaliable?
CJSF
Nice setup CJSF, especially the album. Not so sure about the effectiveness of the pig over other forms of clamps though. I think they should have called it the 'Pawn'
Thanks 'alears' . . . thats a very special record, one of my 'Philistine recordings'8) You may have picked up on previous posts, I have been playing with spindle pucks and clamps because I have an acrylic 3mm ISOmat, very smooth surface, so a puck of some sort is essential.
The mat is affective, but the effect of the puck (mass) is quite obvious on sound quality, the lighter the puck the better? So I've been fiddling . . . :? It turns out, on my setup, it requires a balance of down force and the record clamp weight . . . I know it sounds strange but it has taken a lot of work today to balance it out.
The pig is OK but not a match for the Michell clamp once I had the down force worked out at 1.9g . . . the pig was beguiling at 1.7g but the record stability was not as consistent and the sound went a little wispy . . . and yes I did keep referring it back to the original felt mat setup, second best against the ISOmat. The felt requires another .01g of down force to sound right, but as Hazel said to me, "the felt mat does not quite have it in comparison".
CJSF