FluanceHiFi Vinyl Record Weight Stabilizer High Mass 760 gram Steel LP Disc Turntable Accessory with Antiresonance Rubberized Coating and Protective Velvet Pad for Vibration Damping (RW03)

So far it has been great on my Fluance RT85 turntable. Surprisingly my favorite thing is how much easier cleaning with th carbon fiber brush and other things you would use while it is on the turntable is. It was common enough especially for light records for the carbon fiber brush to hold them up and cause the acrylic platter to spin and scrape against them. With this, that's not a concern at all anymore, and I can clean much more safely and thoroughly.It obviously helps with consistent rotation speed as any weight would, though I hadn't noticed any issue with that before, it's probably easier on the motor needing to adjust speed less often (but that is just a guess from me, I haven't done side-by-side comparisons).Now for warping, as I've seen some opinions about this. It does what you think it would do. It is in the middle so it can't flatten an outer edge that's lifting a little off the platter. However, if you play the other side and that edge is now downward, it CAN help flatten the record. Basically if the warp is lifting part of the record that would be under the weight or around the label area, it will likely help and push the whole record down. If the middle is flat on the platter, it won't have much effect ony any outer warping though. That's just physics.This has been one of my favorite additions to my setup.As always will update if anything changes. Been using it daily for about a week now.

More stable than previous clamp. Good value

Nice and heavy. Really smooths out records and makes them sound great.

Perfect match for my Fluance 85 turntable

Looks really great, it's pretty heavy and it is fit for my turntable - Pioneer PLX-500 👌🏻 I read some negative reviews about this item... my piece is okay. 🙏 I'm lucky guy🤗

You'll notice if you list reviews by "recent", that many reviews, are calling out a bad batch of these record weights. It would seem all of the black models are poorly produced in this batch. Hopefully future batches will get back on track and correct these flaws.Mine like all the others has an uneven finish, and the Fluance name is only partially visible. I got lucky in the sense that I didn't have the other common problems that are showing up. The protective fell bottom is securely stuck on, and correctly centered.Also, mine exhibits no visible wobble. That means it is correctly drilled for its center hole. Many appear to be off center.Given the cosmetic blemish is relatively minor on mine (kinda looks like I've been using it a couple of years), I decided to keep it. It gives it a bit of warm character. It works great, and you can hear how the music tightens up when used on a system with an acrylic platter (or acrylic platter mat).It's almost impossible to find a low profile weight with this much mass, that doesn't cost a couple of hundred bucks. So I think it's worth the gamble in ordering one to see if you get a keeper or have to exchange it until you do.Fluance needs to do a recall of these and demand a free couple of batches from whomever is making these for them. It makes Fluance look bad because they are selling a visibly bad looking product, and they are heavy into the "lifestyle" look with their whole catalog. This just really defeats a good deal of money and effort they spend on promoting that look.

This thing is dense!Logically, I can see how it would help the TT stay consistent when paired with the Fluance TTs that have the sensored motors. Works well with my RT82, which Fluance specifically states is compatible with this weight.

I have the Fluance RT85 Acrylic Platter w/ Nagaota MP110 cartridge (bought from Fluance thru Amazon) and fell in love with my 20-30 year old vinyl after I had my records in storage for at least 10 years since my old Turntable broke and CD's got popular.BUT... as I got back into vinyl for the last 6 months (bought all the new cleaning toys, sprays, brushes etc), I noticed that my records would "slip" on the acrylic platter occasionally when I lightly applied the carbon fiber brush to remove light dust and electrostatic whatever. Then, if I decided to spritz a record brush with cleaner fluid and VERY LIGHTY let it drag on the rotating record, it would almost always slip against the acrylic and the record would slide on the platter until I lifted the pressure to almost nothing.I NEW THIS IS NOT GOOD. (I normally do a GOOD spray cleaning on the counter on microfiber towels but sometimes I want to do a light cleaning while the record is spinning). A rubber platter would certainly not do this, a cork platter mat would probably not do this... but the acrylic platter looks AWESOME but it's a hard surface and the vinyl does not stick well to it. Sorry, I wish I could say it somehow is better, but no.. it just LOOKS AWESOME and that's ok.So I bought this QUALITY record weight, its hole is dead center (I measured it) and it DOES NOT inhibit closing the Fluance TT cover. It is very shallow and wide and heavy.SOUND CHANGES: I kept playing the some 30 second pieces with and without the weight and this was what I found on my good and high quality, flat records:1-NEW sounds!!! I listened to Grover Washington Jr Winelight without the weight and would pic out faint instruments that would become very clear and even pronounced with the weight.2-More "space" or "room" in the song3-The base is "tighter" NOT bigger or louder or deeper (sorry bass-heads)4-See number 1 above: I can't emphasize enough how much cleared most instruments come through and some are totally new that I didn't even hear before.REASON: I assume that the vinyl record against the hard acrylic platter had a slightly uneven contact that caused resonance that was picked up by the needle and it "warmed" or rounded the bass or lower notes and the mid sounds and other nuanced instruments got lost, or drowned out.Conclusion: If I had a cork mat or leather or some rubber, I may not have heard a difference, but I paid extra for the nice clear acrylic platter so if you have the same thing, you need this weight. It's been fun re-listening to my vinyl again with this weight on.