standard counterweight vs drop counterweight


What's the advantage of a drop counterweight over a standard counterweight.
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On my OL Silver I've used the stock (concentric) C/W clamped to the arm stub and Twl's DIY suspended C/W, which hangs a weight from the stub on a silk or nylon thread.

The suspended C/W obviously decouples the mass of the weight from armtube resonances nearly 100%. The sonic benefits were increased clarity/reduced bloat, particularly on the trailing edges of all notes at all frequencies. Removing that big hunk of mass from the resonating armtube clearly fed less energy back to the cartridge end of the arm.