Record Clamps - Pro-Ject
Turntable record clamps and weights are designed to keep records flat during playback and prevent slipping. Weights simply fit over the spindle and weigh the record down and clamps push over the spindle and clamp onto the spindle. Even if your record looks flat and you use a good turntable mat, adding a clamp/weight will ensure your phono cartridge is able to move through the grooves as accurately as possible.
Pro-Ject Audio Systems is a European brand established over 25 years ago in 1991 and is renowned for designing excellent value turntables, tonearms, Box range hi-fi separates and vinyl accessories. Their current range includes many award winning turntables and critically acclaimed audio products.
Looking for a great value way of getting into vinyl? Pro-Ject offer some of the best value well-made turntables available, in a range that spans from the affordable Pro-ject Debut range to the high end
Signature series.
Most noticeable models include the VT-E vertical turntable, Essential III Flexi-range and Classic. The Artist Series turntables exhibit collaborations with large names including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Ringo Starr, Hard Rock Cafe and Parov Stelar.
Pro-Ject has also created special edition turntables for many industry leaders like the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra or Ortofon for their jubilees.
Each model is designed to offer excellent sound quality. With an eye for future trends, Pro-Ject turntables are consistently awarded the highest praise and industry awards available and the brand has become equated with analogue excellence.
Pro-Ject's expanded Box range offers miniature hi-fi separates that include Phono Box phono stages, Pre Box preamps and Power Box power amplifiers in DS+, DS2, S2 and RS models alongside Stereo Box RS and Pro-ject MaiA (My Audiophile Integrated Amplifier), DACs, streamers and more.
Box range is designed to offer excellent value from a space saving design and carry the excellent sonic properties Pro-Ject products have become known for. The Pro-Ject range also includes vinyl accessories for turntable set-up, maintenance and spares for existing turntable models.
Pro-Ject was founded in 1991 with the goal to offer the best analogue experience for reasonable prices. In a time where the digital audio media had been on the rise, and vinyl was declared as outdated and dead, Heinz Lichtenegger kept his belief in turntables.
Pro-Ject uses only the best components for the price and manufactures handmade goods solely in Europe. They ship to more than eighty countries and have won multiple awards from the renowned HiFi press.
They produce all turntables from scratch in Czech Republic by hand and in house from the tiniest screw to the chassis. In Slovakia, Pro-Ject manufacture micro-sized premium audio components with lasting value offering customer’s satisfaction in all their audio needs.
Even the most carefully maintained record collection can become warped over time. Or maybe you are a record collector who has picked up a rare vinyl which is warped or bowed and isn’t in the best condition. Good quality record Clamps & Weights can have a big difference in the sound quality and accuracy you experience from your turntable and record collection. By keeping the record as flat as possible, Clamps & Weights ensure that the turntable needle or stylus can track the record’s grooves more precisely, which in turn produces a more accurate sound.
Record Clamps & Weights tend to follow two different principles in order to keep your record as flat as possible. A record clamp, as the name suggests, fits on the spindle and clamps the record to the platter as tightly as possible, keeping it in place, and allowing for optimum tracking. A weight on the other hand uses its mass rather than grip to keep the record flat and in place. Some stabilisers offer adjustable levels of mass to allow you to customise the weight you apply to your record and the effect it has on your music and the turntable’s ability to track the grooves accurately.
It is important to check that the Clamp or Weight you purchase is suitable for your turntable. Some manufacturers use bespoke spindle systems, meaning that not every Clamp or Weight will be suitable for use with them. For instance, Rega turntables will need specific Rega clamps, and Michell turntables will need Clamps & Weights suitable for use with Michell products. Most brands use a standardised spindle, making it easier to