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Ring Clamps. What do you think?

First let me say that I have not had the opportunity to hear a ring clamp. At a $1000 list price it is not a top priority. It would seem to me that the whole concept would be detrimental to good sound. Like an acoustic guitar, a record needs to breathe. Weight and air play a vital role. I do use a record clamp, wouldn't be caught dead without it, but a heavy metal ring laying on top of my album holding it down doesn't appeal to me. I could be wrong.
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lewm
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And yet, Swampwalker, if two of us were in the same room with the same system, I think there would be a lot of agreement about what sounded good and what did not, on that particular system.

By the way, Albert and Yogi had a contractual agreement. Yogi could get credit for any quote that was embarrassing to Albert. It was actually Albert who said, in regard to a restaurant in NYC, "Nobody goes there any more; it's too crowded."

Albert also said "Physics is 50% luck and 90% genius."
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swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
Lewm- Well that explains a lot ;-). It's kind of amazing when you do a little research and find so many quotes attributed to Albert and/or Yogi, that are largely unsubstantiated. Kind of like Fox News (rimshot!). On topic, I think w a particular analog front end there might be some agreement on what sounded good, w or w/o a ring clamp. How that would apply to another analog front end might or might not be predictable. OTOH, Based on the prices of some of the rigs I see demonstrated at shows (to the extent that price is dictated by the market which hopefully is correlated with what sounds good...I know, big leap of faith) I'm not sure that is a given.
lohanimal
659 posts
 
Doudeacon I appreciate your passion, but what I wrote was in essence summarising what is in the Ringmat website. Only heard one in use on a Platine Verdier - not exactly a NOISY table like my NOISY EMT 950 - which I happen to have not yet got working - theorising without experience. I am only making the point that this is a forum and people have a right to theorising without being vilified for it. I have used both weights and screw down clamps and listened without as well. I am sure the use of such clamps are not a one size fits all approach - that's about all I can fairly say
lse
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Nipple clamps are a lot cheaper.
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
Lohanimal,

Thanks for your reply. I intended nothing personal and I didn't vilify you.

What I wrote was in response to your (correct) quotations from the Ringmat website, which demonstrate that their marketing doesn't align with their product. They are not the only company whose advertising lacks a basis in reality.

Agree that a "one size fits all" approach would not be effective for clamps or mats, as I said above.
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