Döhmann Audio Helix RC1 Mk.III Record Clamp | REVIEW
If you have any ultimate vinyl playback system, you must have a Döhmann Audio Helix RC1 Mk.III Record Clamp. Included as a standard device in the Dohmann Helix ONE MkIII and Dohmann Helix TWO MkIII turntables, this clamp represents the finest ever seen at TVTI.
Marc Phillips of PTAudio said: “I caught up with Mark at Munich 2024, in the Cessaro Acoustics room, and I talked to him about the Döhmann Audio Helix RC1. I’d been using it for a couple of weeks by then–Doug White of The Voice That Is had lent me one to evaluate. Mark was excited about the RC1 and explained it was one of the first record clamps or weights that could actually eliminate noise from three specific interactions during analog playback: the noise and energy from the cartridge in the grooves of the LP, the noise and energy from the bearing toward the spindle, and the noise from the spindle to the LP.
The Döhmann Audio Helix RC1 accomplishes this through constrained layer damping and the use of special damping materials within the chambers of the weight that address each source of noise and the direction in which they arrive.” Read the entire review here.
The Döhmann Audio Helix RC1 Mk.III Record Clamp can be auditioned in our studios. Come see it.
About the Author: doug
My sonic taste prefers accurate reproduction of the recording engineer’s efforts where instruments have tonality and texture. I frequent live concerts and, because I have musician friends who perform nationally and internationally, my need to play is suppressed. More importantly, it keeps me in touch with the reality of the live performance. It was when I stopped playing did I have the realization that my audio system was not true to my playing experience. That’s when my search began – visiting, and later working in, high end audio stores.
