Fluance HiFi 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)

Nice weight with a solid construction and quality. Worked perfectly on one of my center warped records. Nice temp solution until I can repair. Natural vibration and hum was also a bit reduced.

I looked at adding a turntable weight to help with sound quality when playing vinyl records. There's a plethora of choices and prices out there. I choose this one because of the weight, finish quality and ease of use.. I am satisfied with this purchase. Can I hear a substantial improvement in sound quality? Maybe it's just a slight improvement. The product is nice looking and adds to the quality aesthetics of my turntable. I use it all the time and I like it so it's worth it to me to have this.

I don't know if it's real or just in my head, but I added this weight and the IB40 base to my Fluance RT85 and my records all sound MUCH better. It's big, it's heavy and it seems to work. I'm not a record collector who never listens to their records and I'm not an audiophile who goes crazy with it. I like having physical media and I like listening to it and this weight, in my opinion, makes my records sound better.

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 song 3-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.

Item is well made, heavy, and everything I needed.

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.

Oh the grams are gramming! Substantially heavy record weight. The fact I have a Fluance RT82 reference with an upgraded acrylic platter and stylus the pairing felt a no brainer. Fluance made it, so I know it's properly designed/weighted in accordance with the motor and tolerances of their table. Very well made and designed.

Dimensions as I measured: Diameter = 2-3/4" (70 mm). Height = 1-1/6" (27 mm). Weight = 750 grams. The weight has a very clean, neutral design that fits with any turntable. The rubberized finish is matte black and satin-feel. The finish is slippery, so be sure to get a good grip under the ridges before lifting. The FLUANCE logo on top is a CLEAR glossy decal that stands out just enough against the matte black coating without being overt, which I prefer. As far as cover clearance goes, even with a 3 mm thick acrylic mat on my platter, there is still about half an inch of clearance when the lid is closed on my Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO turntable. The cost per gram on this weight makes it the best deal for a high mass (i.e. over 1 lb. /450 g) turntable weight. You can find cheaper weights out there, but they tend to be less than half the weight (225-350 g). I definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a high mass turntable stabilizer/weight.