Mat for Rega P10

@smatsui - you should give the Hexmat (either Yellowbird or Eclipse) a shot. If Music Direct has them, you can return it if you dont like it no questions asked. For what you’ve invested in the P10, its seemingly high price is tiny if you think it improves the sound. What you said about the dust is not really true. If the surface attracts dust, it will accumulate more. My dust cover is always on top of the mat, so whatever the antistatic properties of the Hexmat are, they repel dust. Do I ever wipe it down? Of course, but not nearly as much as Herbie’s, which attracts dust.

@sokogear, thanks for the recommendation but I’m happy with my Herbie’s mat.  I rarely need to clean it and I like the way it looks.  Most importantly, I like the way my system sounds with the Herbie’s mat.

@smatsui - just thought you might like it better and give it a shot. Herbie’s ended up being my 2nd choice and I did have it for a while.

Just looked at the Hexmat on the Music Direct site.  $375 for the Eclipse, no thanks!  Its 3mm thickness is 1.5mm thicker than my white P10 stock mat so it would affect VTA.  I also don't like the looks of them.  

Wow - they went up a lot! I paid under $300 (they had a 10% discount in an accessory sale when I bought it.) Maybe the P10 has a different mat height, but mine is 2mm, and a 1 mm difference is not a big deal since record thicknesses can vary by more than that much and as you know VTA is not adjustable on Rega's arms. According to Roy Gandy, very small differences are not worrisome with the length of their arms. It it was something of a larger due to cartridge height, they sell 2 mm adaptors. 

Many, many Rega owners bought the Eclipse.