Glass platter or Acrylic?


I'm using a Rega P5 with Exact 2 cart. The table is stock except for the groove tracer subplatter. I also use the Souther clever clamp. Phono stage is Lehmann Black Cube SE. The TT does have the outboard PSU.

I've been wondering about swapping out the glass platter for acrylic. The music I'm enjoying now has good detail, clarity, impact, but might lack a bit of bloom or warmth.

What say you? All comments will be read carefully and pondered. Thanks,
joe_in_seattle

Showing 1 response by cbrentc

I will second the 14mm Funk Firm Achroplat. I put one on my P3 a few weeks ago, and the noise floor has dropped through the, um, floor, compared to the glass platter. I now know a lot more about what's actually on the records I listen to. Also bass is much improved in quantity and quality. What I think is going on is mostly a deletion of distortion across the audible frequency (whose presence I didn't recognize before getting the Achroplat). Recordings of string sections and choirs sure play a lot cleaner, anyway.

How do you like the Clever Clamp--does it grip the record okay? I've been thinking about a weight, since the Achroplat weighs about half (or less) what the glass platter does. Haven't seen any (weights) that really excite me though.