I’m not familiar with the Clearaudio pickup arm but no conventional pivoted arm should have that much play in the bearings. No good can come from it.
Unipivots are a little different but I admit a prejudice there - they just creep me out - even though I’ve heard some that sound fantastic, such as the VPI at Soundsmith.
Unipivots are a little different but I admit a prejudice there - they just creep me out - even though I’ve heard some that sound fantastic, such as the VPI at Soundsmith.