Project Acryl-it Platter

Hi, Jedinite24; the mat that is recommended by Herbie for Pro-Ject turntables, and the one I use with my mmf-2.1 turntable, is the standard Way Excellent II-2mm mat. There's a 280mm diameter mat for the smaller platter found on the Debut III.

Regards,
Tom

Thanks Tom for the assist.

I've bookmarked the page now. $60 isn't bad relative to the cost of the Acryl-It platter. I'm going to try some shelf liner or a rubber mat along with the stock felt mat on the Pro-Ject Debut III before buying the Herbie's Way Excellent Mat. I have some of the stuff laying around the house and I may give those a shot. I was thinking about cork platters for plants from Home Depot as well but I think they may be too thick for the Debut III.

If this can help you decide, I have the RPM10 which ofcourse has an acrylic platter. Still, Herbies mat offered noticeable improvement. On the other hand, I disliked the Boston Audio graphite mat which I thought thinned the sound.

Hi Pefstratiou

So you put a Herbie's mat on top of the acrylic platter as well. Very interesting. I was under the impression the acrylic platter didn't require the mat. Good to know this as well. I have a bunch of things to try.

Hi, Jedinite24; I use a Herbie's Way Excellent mat with my mmf-7 turntable, which has an acrylic platter, and I agree with Pefstratiou that the sound is improved using the mat. Improved dynamics, reduced noise, better tonal balance. However, you may want to start with the Herbie's mat and see if the improvements are just what you're after without spending even more money on the Acryl-it platter. The Debut III may not be worth putting too much money into upgrades and I found that adding a Herbie's mat to my mmf-2.1 made a big improvement and it now sounds quite good.

More food for thought and don't forget that it's just another opinion. :-)

Regards,
Tom