Moving the discussion sideways, I bought an Avid Acutus Dark turntable recently. It came with a "stabiliser" or puck for a shorter word to sit on the record to apparently enhance the sound (rerduce distortion??) Not sure of the theory, but I suppose it made sense. My Linn Lp12 does not have one and indeed cannot due to the weight factor. The Avid puck threads on to the platter to give tight grip on the record, but to change a record you have to unwind the puck each time. Crazy. So I bought at great expense a Stilpoint puck that is a bit heavier but just slots on top.
I was not amazingly impressed, but one day by mistake I forgot to put the puck on and wondered why the sound was better. Playing around putting on and off I felt the puck was taking out much airiness and musicality so I now have 2 pucks sitting doing nothing.
My point is that reducing one thing (distortion?) also decreases another aspect, and not necessarily favourably. Not sure why this is though.....
I was not amazingly impressed, but one day by mistake I forgot to put the puck on and wondered why the sound was better. Playing around putting on and off I felt the puck was taking out much airiness and musicality so I now have 2 pucks sitting doing nothing.
My point is that reducing one thing (distortion?) also decreases another aspect, and not necessarily favourably. Not sure why this is though.....