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SP-10 Mat

I have an SP-10 with a Micro-Seiki copper mat. Now that my system is dialed in in terms of room acoustic treatments and speaker placement I find the Micro-Seiki mat to be a bit too lively but outstanding in terms of dynamics and soundstage. The stock rubber mat is too dull and bloated.

Could someone suggest a mat that falls in between the two, leaning more towards the copper mat sound than stock but less forward in the midrange and treble.
jarrett
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genesis168
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Downunder, the TTM is not pigskin. It is thick stainless steel. I think you have it mixed up with some other mat. Very heavy and comes with its companion oil filled clamp. The mat itself can be tuned via the 3 Allen bolts. I believe it is called TTM monitor mat.
downunder
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Hi genesis.

Got it.  that looks a bit better.
when I googled TTM mat I got this pigskin mat
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/hiraga/mat.html

thanks Peter.

might source one of these for my Exclusive P3 if the cu-180 sounds better on it when I try.

cheers



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nandric
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I first used an perfectly made arylic mat but then got advise from

my friend Lew and bought the SAEC SS 300 from (will you believe

this?) from Raul. I am actually ''loaded'' with acrylic. My ASR artillery

from Germany (Basis Exclusive, etc) is covered in acrylic as is my

Kuzma Stabi Reference. But Kuzma glued some kind of textile mat

on his acrylic platter. I use the SAEC on my Sp 10,mk2.

I am not able to hear any diffreence between my acrylic or ''metal''

SAEC mat. However the SAEC looks much more impressive while

i also want to impres my visitors. That is why I use the SAEC.

peter_s
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 Has anybody else tried the replicas of the MS CU mats that pbnaudio references? Lewm- where do you get the Texas instruments copper shielding from?
jb0194
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A few years ago, I purchased a replica of the CU-180 from Peter's reference. It was the last a German seller had on hand, and I don't know if he had more made. It fit the SP-10 platter perfectly, deadening the ringing at least as well as the stock mat. I topped it with an ultra light TT Weights "Supreme" mat - thin cork bottom with thin carbon top, sandwiching a composite Kevlar  fiber/carbon fiber middle layer. Beautiful clear epoxy finish. I use the lightweight TTWeights aluminum record clamp as well. The combination looks great and does the job. 
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