Mat Material...............

Uh oh. Another opened can of worms.

TWL, and others, thanks.

By the way, anyone hear the AVID Volvare. My retailer loves it. But with an arm and cart it would be minimum $5500 new. Would it really better a Nottingham Interspace with a Dynavector Karat? Its almost 3k more.

Richard, I have heard that Avid table only once so I cannot give great detail without blowing smoke (though that doesn't stop quite a number on this board). I am not partial to the sprung subchassis tables, in general, at that price point. I will say that the Avid Volvare WILL definitely best the Interspace by a significant margin. $3K better? That I will leave to the opinion of others.

Richard, I responded to you personally with respect to the Mystic Mat.

Boston Audio makes a mat that is cut from a solid cylinder of graphite and ground/polished/sealed to extremely close tolerances. I wish I had a couple extra hundred to throw around to try one out, myself. Someone asked about it awhile back and got no response. I checked out the link and then did some networking and I have received reports of good success with these on 'Nots, Michels, and VPI. Would like to hear of other reports.

Richard,
Nottingham lists a Spacedeck "heavy kit" that's a carbon-based "mat" for $1000; basically, it's the 3/4 " top-platter from a Nott' Hyperspace. That has always suggested to me that carbon/graphite would be a good avenue to check out--the Mystic Mat (or the Boston mat) seem to be more real-world priced than the official Nottingham mat.

How about this one: http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/ttmat.htm