New Synergistic Research Record Mat

I’ll have to admit that I dislike SR marketing hyperbole and incredulous claims, but their 30-day money back trial guarantee shuts me up every time.  

@testpilot

with their fuses, cables, other paraphenalia, if there is 80-90% margin you can take a decent return rate and still come out well ahead... lots of folks won’t be hassled to return and chase for refund once they have it in hand... they are often onto the next ocd thing...

and when stuff comes back do a quick repackage and out it goes to the next unsuspecting fool, er, buyer

testpilot, SR and their customers are credulous.  Their claims are incredible.

https://www.synergisticresearch.com/accessories/turntable/pht/

this is my favorite

i have bought some and taped them each ear's tragus... ALL music sounds better now  🤣

Yes, the PHT. My fave, too.  But some persons whom I respect do swear by them. It, first of all, hinges on whether crystals can effect a reverse piezo-electric effect, by absorbing RFI and turning it into heat.  The second question is why would there be a particular concentration of RFI anywhere near to the cartridge proper.  The third question is can the necessarily very tiny crystal inside a PHT do this in sufficient magnitude to be heard.  The fourth is why should color of the crystal change the sonic signature of the end effect.