The amazing new Marigo Evolution Signature Mat


I want to share my amazingly positive experience with the new Marigo Evolution Signature CD Mat. I have used Marigo's CD mats over the years from their very first offering, I believe about fifteen or so years ago. The Evolution Signature mat is the fourth iteration of the Marigo mat. Each successive "generation" had wrought positive improvements from my Mark Levinson Reference 31.5 transport. (While the top loading Levinson comes with its own CD clamp, I have ordered parts from Levinson and have made my own CD clamp, substituting their carbon fiber disk for your Marigo mat.) The latest Evolution Signature mat's improvement is so substantial that it is a larger "jump" in performance than from the standard Levinson clamp to the last generation "3D Signature V2" mat!
I hear a startling increase in the focus of imaging placement within the sound stage. The focus of everything in that sound stage is both tighter and possesses a three dimensional body that most digital simply lacks. Tone saturation is richer. The bass not only goes deeper, but is more tuneful as well. The highs are better defined and extended. The mid range is the icing on the cake. Voices are much better defined and clarified, combined with the improvement in density of tone and harmonic texture now sound shockingly real and alive. The sense of space and performance venue is greatly improved as well.

Overall the music has so much more of a relaxed quality to it similar to that of master tape analogue that allows me to simply listen to the music and not work as hard having my brain trying to connect the "digital dots". The increased resolution, focus, dynamics, detail, sense of space, articulation, and what I would call a "continuousness" of saturated tone, all combine to literally transform my digital playback to a level that I have never experienced before! I know that this must seem like hyperbole. The overall improvement is SHOCKING!

In the context of my high end system the $200 that I had paid for Evolution Signature mat that replaced the Reference V2 mat, was the cheapest money that I have ever spent for the most improvement in my system!

If anyone has a Reference V2 mat, they may be loathe to replace it, as it is most excellent. I can tell you from first hand experience, that the new Evolution signature mat is on a whole different and much higher level of sonic improvement.

For anyone has never tried a Marigo CD mat or any mat for that matter, this is the one to have. This is not just a simple "tweak", this is an essential and basically "give away" priced in terms of the substantial sonic upgrade that truly must be experienced to be believed. In the context of my high end audio system, this is making an improvement that I did not think possible and at a price that was ridiculously low. Based on my listening experience, this may be the biggest bargain in audio today!
coopersark
Spectron,

with all due respect, that is pure and utter bull****.

A ripper, extracting a digital stream from a transport, sees 0 and 1s with error detection algorithms.

You could sit an elephant on your transport and if it could support it there would be NO CHANGE in your rip.

Come on guys, wheres you common sense ?,???
Didn't the bits is bits theory die a gruesome death about 20 years ago?
Coopersark
The more you post about this little $1 or $2 rubber disc the more you come across as a shill. I don't know if you are or not but it certainly has crossed my mind a few times.
Also, bragging about the cost of your room/setup comes across as though you are an arrogant a-hole....I'm not saying you are but the thought crossed my mind a few times as I read your last post....
Thank you for taking the time to tell me how you feel. I'm sorry that you feel that way. I am not trying to brag, rather avoid bragging by not going into the equipment and other details of my system. Yes, it is ultra high end. I am just stating that for the context of what I am hearing. I am no kid and have been involved in our hobby for almost forty years. Over those years, I have done countless hours of listening and have refined my hearing and taste to a very high level. I have also been fortunate financially to possess the audio system that I have and to have experienced what I have had in the past. The God's honest truth is that this is a low cost item that has proven itself in the context of my highly evolved and refined system to be absolutely mind blowing in its benefits. I am not in the audio industry, and have NOTHING to gain by "shilling". What I have to say was done as a favor to other audiophiles, based on my long experience. I am THAT awestruck by this little device. Simple as that!
no one has contradicted the notion that some cd players are mat insensitive, or when a mat is used it degrades the sound.

although not related to this thread, there may be tube preamps which are insenitive to tube changes.