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TT mats

I have a VPI Scoutmaster TT and am wondering if any of you can recommend a matt for the platter and why?
Thanks in advance
Steve



handymann
richardkrebs
422 posts
 
Lew. 

Nice to read that the copper brings about a positive improvement.
One wonders if this issue exists with the new Technics 10R.
It does use a similar configuration of motor as the L07D and TT101.

From the pics, the Technics appears to have a shield on top of the rotor. Wonder what material this is?

Cheers. 



 
chakster's avatar
chakster
6,144 posts
 
That's why i like Micro Seiki CU-500 and CU-180 gunmetal (copper) masts on Technics SP-10mkII 
slaw's avatar
slaw
21,770 posts
 
To the OP's point, why is a/any mat relevant for his/her TT?

This is lost in the discussion?
bdp24's avatar
bdp24
9,860 posts
 

handyman has received recommendations for just about every mat available. Time for him to try one or more of his choice, the only way he'll  find one that gives him the sound he's looking for. As for the why, some people like the way their bare aluminum platter sounds in their system, others have a preference for a different LP interface. Handyman won't know what he prefers until he tries something else. Start with the cheapest!

lewm
13,157 posts
 
Slaw, to the contrary, most all the posts ARE relevant to the OP's question.  Mostly the posts speak to the "why" part or to the sonic signature of one mat or another. From that it should be obvious that the mat makes a big difference in sonics. (At least I believe so.)  For info related specifically to the VPI Scoutmaster, one would need to know which of a few different possible platters is mounted on the OP's turntable (from what I can tell, VPI offers a few options) and to have auditioned more than one mat on that particular platter.  That qualification would narrow the audience for this thread by quite a bit.
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