Plinth ideas for DENON PD-80 DD turntable

@chakster And you just received it, yes? it’s beautiful, of course.

But your mat is not like mine! Now I’m worried: it’s said to be "carefully engineered for the DP-80" etc. I don’t know how much that matters, but...

Mine came with the table, from an eminently reputable dealer, in a massive VPI plinth, but with the best will in the world, mats get switched.

Mine says "Denon" on the back, molded in the rubber. Yours is markedly different. I have one that closely resembles yours; more concentric rings, and lighter in weight — but of course that doesn’t mean it is like yours. "SFTG170M01" appears on the back of it; does yours have any signifier on the back?

I checked 50 or so pictures on Google of various DP-80s; there’s a variety of mats, including some silly mismatches — but over half look like mine.

Another question: do you know about the state of the foam pads (described in my post above)? Did the seller mention them, or any other info of recent maintenance/renewed parts?

Bima, my dp80 platter could well be just like yours. I haven’t closely examined it in years. So my own description may have been inaccurate. My mat is definitely OEM, has “DENON” inscribed in the rubber on the underside, like yours. It’s thick with concentric raised ridges on the top side.

Mine says "Denon" on the back, molded in the rubber. Yours is markedly different. I have one that closely resembles yours; more concentric rings, and lighter in weight — but of course that doesn’t mean it is like yours. "SFTG170M01" appears on the back of it; does yours have any signifier on the back?

@bima well, i have stamped RGS0008 on the rubber mat, but honestly i don’t care about it, can’t remember when i’ve been using a rubber mat last time, normally i replace them with my favorite SAEC SS-300 (lightweight) or heavy Micro Seiki CU-180 (or superheavy CU-500) depends on the turntable torque and platter.

Just speculating but SFTG reads like the prefix of a Technics part number.

I think your confusing the mater - the metal parts of the platter is dual coupled by leaf springs - the mat - the rubber thingy 🤣 has the label relief.

The two metal platters are isolated by foam pads around their circumference by foam pads - 6 or 8 of them altered by rubber pads on the lower platter in designated pockets.

The foam in all original ones are gone by now - there’s a suitable replacement available at Home Depot for $3 available - cut it into 0.875 lengths put it in place you will have 8 feet left.

good Listening 

Peter