I have an some 3 tone arm


On my sme 3 tone arm there is a reservoir for silicone damping fluid
is this just slowing down decent of the needle or does improve the sound?


castner

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Here ya go!
Functionally when a tonearm reacts to the resonant frequency it produces a peak of output energy. This is seen as woofer pumping which is essentially the stylus over reacting to a small warp in the records surface. Fluid damping stops the stylus from over reacting. That is what is "damped".