What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats.
I have always used a felt mat on my Linn Basik turntable that has an Akito tonearm and Rena Exacta 2 cartridge. What audio differences can one expect with different mats? Felt, rubber and acrylic.
I never heard a difference in mats with a Rega TT, either a P3 or P8. Perhaps the Linn is different though. Overall, if you’re looking for a change, a mat probably is not going to be a big difference: probably down at the bottom of the list along with power cables.
You really have to do the audition against a decent platter pad. If all the ones you used were so much junk you probably would not have heard a difference. Those machines are fine for hearing the difference.
I tried felt, cork, rubber and settled on Acrylic, to me Acrylic sounded better to my ears. Now I don't use a platter mat as I upgraded my turntable to a MoFi Deck
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