Döhmann Helix RC1 | REVIEW
If you have an 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.
In Michael Fremer’s review, Three Record Clamps/Weights Compared, the effects of adding a record clamp to your turntable are clearly reported. He wrote about the Dohmann RC1: “Three ideas guided the RC Mk3 clamp design the first being dealing with record resonances both the external kind—sound waves in the air and from mechanical systems within the record player— and the ones produced by the interaction of stylus and record groove.” “The laser technology allowed Döhmann to both measure the resonance andobserve how it travels within the vinyl record itself. That resulted in three clamp design features, the first of which addresses the record resonance.”
Michael’s summary: “The most costly of the three by a considerable margin produced the biggest sonic difference. Blacker backgrounds, increased three-dimensionality, improved detail resolution and just more of everything in terms of texture, touch, harmonic structure and especially overall spatial and timbral stability.”
Read the entire review on Tracking Angle 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.
