What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats.

Just my $.02, I'm a PROUD owner of the new Boston Audio Mat on my Technics GAE with an SME 309 arm. I've tried Herbie's way excellent, cork & rubber & Teac paper mats. All as you know have their own signature, but the BAM brings the best out of my deck!

Now if I can find a suitable tone arm base material, I'd be a happier camper. Always going down the Rabbit hole........ 

The BA is a good, neutral-sounding mat, the best I’ve found for my Technics and I’ve tried an embarrassing number.

Now if I can find a suitable tone arm base material, I'd be a happier camper.

@danmar123 It should be the same material as the plinth that supports the platter bearing. It should also be as rigidly coupled to that plinth, to the base of the platter bearing, as possible. This will reduce coloration; the idea is that if there is vibration, the platter bearing and the base of the arm are moving in the same plane so as to reduce the arm's ability to pick up that vibration.

@atmasphere that’s the answer I was looking for. I have a 2 piece aluminum arm board now, I’m going to look for a billet aluminum arm board now.

Thank you!

@danmar123 If the arm board is made to be non-resonant and so is less resonant then the plinth, the two will not vibrate the same way (of course, ideally both should be inert). This will allow vibration in either to be more easily transduced.