Pigskin or jico leather mat

Wouldn't you want the mat to isolate the record from the turntable motor and bearing noise? I have a Hexmat eclipse mat (admittedly on the expensive side) but it only touches the record with about 1 square millimeter total area from 13 tiny nubs embedded (minimally touching) within a hexagonal mat of unknown material. I guess he doesn't want copy cats.

When playing it looks like it is floating, and is about the same height as my standard issue Rega mat 2-3mm. I agree with the  theory behind it and I have tried a bunch of different mats and haven't heard much of a difference but this one has great anti static/dust properties and never lifts up when removing a record like the Rega felt mat did at times. FWIW it is the Audiophile Man's favorite and he claims it reduces the noise floor.

Hi guys

Top class - 500 usd for a mat and glass - sorry but that's more than i spent on the deck with the arm plus the  service (no kidding)

I want to be as close to the original mat as possible - i am just told the Jico is the closest.

I am reasonably open minded about other options - just I am told that the closest is the Jico.

I would consider other options - ie. 47 labs mats appear to be sold by company in HK - unfortunately no email response to my enquiries...

Clearaudio make a very nice leather mat for their turntables and which should be more generally useable.

Tonar makes a nice leather mat, the model 5978.  Very reasonable price.  I bought mine from a UK seller several years ago.  I see one UK seller has them now for GBP 23.

So many choices.  Good luck with your search.

Soko, Your mat represents the "other" school of thought around mats, the idea that you want to hold the LP away from the platter and from any noise or vibrations that might enter into it from the platter.  The Resomat, sold by Vic of Trans-Fi, I think, is another example of such an approach, as was the old Transcriptors platter per se, that held the LP on little pedestals topped with tiny pieces of felt.  The up- or downside of that approach, depending upon one's point of view, is that the LP is free to resonate secondary to the energy imparted into the LP by the action of the stylus tracing the groove, and also any warp in the LP is uncorrected in any way. I can imagine how that might sound, both in a good way and in a less good way.