Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

Dear @lewm  : """  who then became a non-fan of it.  """

After several first hand experiences I become no-fan of any metalmat no matters what.Metal is the main enemy for the LP reproduction in a TT platter. It's the worstplace to have any kind of metal in direct touch with the LP surface. Is way resonant and very fast for the transmision of the feedback resonances to the LP surfaces and then to the cartridge stylus tip/cantilever.

As any ignorant rookie in those all times I was emotionated with every thing with the SAEC name and I bougth not one but 3 SAEC  mats and as I said till I learned and today I have noneof them.

Till today the best mat for  any TT is the original SOTA mat that is out of production. 
You can try to find out this mat where you can attest by your self and confirm my statement and I'm sure that you will put on sale that " garbage " SAEC mat that as all SAEC products are really very well manufactured but this is not its problem.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, 
R.

for me if possible on the spindle you can also use a clamp above the SS 300 instead of the screw

Raul, I respect your opinion but you are given to extreme views. I also factor that in. What is the composition of the SOTA mat, because I don’t recall that they ever marketed a separate mat? Their earlier turntables had a glued on felt mat which seemed good in theory, coupled with their CLD platter. But I thought it dulled the sound, perhaps partly due to the vacuum hold down system. This was on my Star Sapphire series III.

I should mention that I remain a fan of the Boston Audio Mat2, probably ahead of the ss300 on most turntables. Go on and dump on that one, if you like.

Dear @lewm : The Sota mat was started in the market around 1983 as an up-date/grade to its Sota Saphire TT and its material is a blended propietary material.

This comes from a Stereophile review of the Star model that is the one witn vacuum hold mechanism not the Sota but the reviewer owned the original saphire:


""" This problem was eliminated by a change to the new SOTA mat which was introduced last summer. """

Here a picture of what you must look for:

https://www.google.com/search?q=SOTA+Mat&rlz=1C1OKWM_esMX875MX875&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=YYpt9kYM4eSqlM%253A%252CBfV8HD9hUvIVeM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQOG9cznt2amytjKQFeR1pZ-M8kAg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIs9ugxt7nAhVBoZ4KHSPRBxIQ9QEwDHoECAcQCQ#imgrc=YYpt9kYM4eSqlM:


Nothing comes close the Sota mat, it burns/make dust the SS-300 in any TT.


Is a must to have.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

The picture says: Oracle but it's a Sota one or at least a copy of the original Sota unique mat.