Needles & Grooves

Make sure you get one compatible with your TT. Mitchell is highly regarded, but it doesn't work with my Pro-Ject for example. I got the OEM Pro-Ject clamp.

I can't even decide if I need one or what it actually does soundwise.

It helps flatten a record, the Delrin and weighted clamps decouple the record from the spindle/platter a bit helping isolation to the needle/cart/arm. I use the Michell Reflex on a VPI. They have a special version for Rega's and short spindles as well. I got it here: https://artech-electronics.com/shop What table do you have ?

@JohnnyCashFan I have an AT-LP5. It’s not the most common of tables so I’m having a hard time figuring out which clamps are compatible with it.

I personally prefer having a weight which I can plop on top easily compared to a clamp

Thats tough one Tim, but seeing its Direct Drive and a bit of a Technics clone it would seem, I would head over to KAB KAB Electro Acoustics http://www.kabusa.com and see what they got there.

So… this?

Those perimeter clamps are the only ones that make a lick of sense to me.