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How much difference do lower mass cartridge clips make in playback?

My reason for asking is, the normal copper clips fail very easily IME. While they have low mass, I’ve also used the silver clips by JA Mitchell that are easily superior in construction and don’t fail. From a listening standpoint, taking away the differing materials, and the ability of adjusting for VTF, does cartridge clip mass make any significant difference?
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+1 nandric
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Thanks to all who responded. I have some JA Mitchell silvers’ on a wire loom I made for my ET 2.5 years ago. I may remove them and replace to my 3d arm. Years ago, in searching for the shortest length clips I ran across the Clearaudio clips. I bought them purposefully to use with my Acutex 420 STR on my tt project, as the pins protrude at a steep upward angle making the normal length clips impossible to use and feel good about it.
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I did that several times, hence I believe it's broken.
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I have one clip that's lost it''s retention (I believe it's partially broken) and was inquiring as I consider replacing one or all.
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The low mass clips are pretty standard compared to the silver clips I mentioned.
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