I replaced the rubber mat on my Technics SL1200G with the Oracle record mat. It made a world of difference. Much better definition. It goes for around $200.00.
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I enjoyed lighweight Carbon Graphite Mat from Sakura Systems, it's $250 and can be used on belt drive turntable. My reference mat is Micro Seiki CU-180 and CU-500 (both are too heavy for a belt drive turntables), another great mat is SAEC SS-300 that you could use too. |
Chip - have you contacted Rega direct to ask why these chose the felt mat ? The RP8 owners manual goes into a lot of "detail" on materials and resonances/matching, but it fails to even mention this "Felt Mat" . I would be interested in their response. Pertinent to your thread question. I go naked with the Verdier Platter, as recommended to me by JC Verdier - when he was alive. Jean Nantais (turntable manufacturer), permanently bonded a metacrylate mat to the platter of the Lenco I own. How many materials he went through to get to the Meta’ mat is not known to me. I do own a copper mat from TT weights for the Technics SP10. The SP10 came with a very heavy rubber mat. I once tried years ago, someone else’s idea - a series of cork dots maybe 10 or 12 in total spread evenly on a turntable platter. So you see Chip......IMO... some want to rigidly couple the record to the platter (one extreme)......and some others .......want to make it float 8^0 Experiment and form your own opinion. Cheers |
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