Is there a feeling that mats are more critical on direct drive tables than belt drives? If the OP is still reading, we should clarify that.
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@enginerd1960 Those mats desidned to be placed directly on the platter, why do you need your rubber mat in between? Micro Seiki CU-180 and CU-500 fits the platter of SP-10 series like it was designed for Technics, here is a picture of my CU-500 on SP-10mkII. |
I use the technique of constrained layer dampening . I look at a TT mat as doing two jobs . Isolating the platter form motor and external vibration & isolating the stylus from reflected energy coming back to itself . The Boston material choice of pure graphite is well suited for this task . The SP10MK2 is a little lighter on the platter then the MK3 and felt it could use more mass . As for the ERSA mat it made sense to me . |
enginedr, I am inclined to go along with Chakster; I would dump the rubber mat. But you have the luxury of choice and experimentation. Try it with vs without the rubber. Don't forget to change VTA accordingly. I would be curious to know how that turns out. I am not sure laying a rubber mat on top of a platter meets the true definition of CLD. For CLD, I think disparate layers need to be held together by a force greater than gravity. On the other hand, it's not hard to imagine that the floppy rubber on top of the metal does do something, for better or worse. I keep the original rubber mat for my SP10 Mk3 just because it's correct and original to the TT, but I wouldn't think of actually using it. |
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