Pro-Ject Record Puck E - Black

The Pro-Ject Record Puck E — 190 Grams, Chosen Deliberately

An aluminum record weight, sold singly, weighing 6.7 ounces — 190 grams. It sits on the label before you play and holds the record against the platter, with a felt underside where it meets the paper.

The weight is the specification, and Pro-Ject picked a modest one on purpose. Their stated reasoning is that 190 grams suits smaller turntables without burdening the bearing or increasing rumble — which is what a heavier puck does on a deck not built for it.

Why Mass Is Matched to the Turntable

The Bearing Sets the Limit

A main bearing is specified for the platter it was designed to carry. Add substantial mass on top and you are loading it beyond that figure, and a bearing running outside its design load is a bearing making noise.

So the useful question is not how heavy a weight you can find, but how much your turntable was built to accept in the first place. On a compact belt-driven deck, 190 grams reads as a considered answer to that rather than as a compromise.

What It Does

It presses the record into contact with the platter so the two behave as one. Where a record is not fully in contact it can move independently of the surface beneath it, and a stylus cannot distinguish that movement from the groove.

Pro-Ject also notes it optimizes playback of warped records. A center weight pulls a dished record down where the force is applied; an edge warp sits beyond the reach of anything acting at the spindle.

Who Is the Record Puck E Best For?

• Your turntable is a compact belt-drive — 190 grams is the weight Pro-Ject chose for exactly that case
• You play slightly dished records — a center weight improves contact where the dish is
• You want no setup — it goes on the label before you play and comes off afterward
• You want it to match — Pro-Ject builds it in black and polished silver to suit their turntables
• Your turntable is a large, heavy design — those can carry more mass, and the heavier weights are in clamps and weights

How Do You Use It?

Put the record on the platter, lower the puck over the spindle onto the label, and play. Take it off to change sides. On a belt-driven turntable the platter may take a moment longer to reach speed with the extra mass fitted, which is normal.

Pairs Well With

What most owners fit alongside a record weight.

• Record mats — mat thickness changes arm height
• Replacement styli — the part that pays for a bad setup
• Stylus force gauges — the setting to re-check after any change at the arm
• Isolation components — the rest of what goes under a turntable

Frequently Asked Questions

How heavy is it?

190 grams, or 6.7 ounces. Pro-Ject chose that figure so it suits smaller turntables without burdening the bearing or increasing rumble.

Is this a clamp?

It is a weight. Nothing grips the spindle and nothing tightens, so it cannot be over-tightened and it puts no more load on the bearing than its own mass.

Will it mark my labels?

There is a felt mat on the underside, which is there so the puck meets the label without marking it and spreads the load rather than concentrating it.

Will it flatten a warped record?

Pro-Ject says it optimizes playback of warped records, and a center weight does improve a dished one. An edge warp is outside what any weight acting at the spindle can reach.

Does it fit turntables other than Pro-Ject?

It fits a conventional spindle, so yes. Pro-Ject finishes it to match their own decks but there is nothing make-specific about how it works.

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