Acrylic Mat Vs Cork Mat

I actually enjoyed the sound with the metal platter but the mat that came with it is static city so i grabbed the cork it mat and that eliminated the static and seemed to smooth the sound out a bit.

Acrylic mat vs cork mat.

Cork rubber 2 to 3 mm 5. Cow hide leather 2 to 3 mm 9. The mat can be glass rubber cork leather cork and rubber fern acrylic among others. Sorbothane or foam 1 5 to 2 5 mm the above list is all the different types of platter mat s i have come across being sold by audio stores both on ebay and retail stores.

The cork rubber and glass mats are affordable. This cork turntable mat consisted of two layers. Rubber 2 to 3 mm 6. About 4 years ago i decided to upgrade my rubber turntable mat.

When you place a record directly onto the acrylic surface without a slip mat the record is effectively coupled with the playing surface. The type of material affects the weight size and smoothness of the mat. In turn this results in better performance. Corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat.

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. This makes acrylic far better at controlling resonance generated by the stylus scrubbing in the record groove than traditional felt cork or leather mats. Cost the mat available in the market vary in terms of prices. Finally a turntable mat with no static.

Felt 1 to 2 mm 7. And so off went the cork mat and on with the hudson mat and every one of my records over 200 played. I was very impressed with this hudson acrylic turntable mat because i have been using a cork mat for a while with lots of static issues but when i installed this mat on my audio technicia at lp 120 i was amazed because there was no static at all. Looks like it should be a very good upgrade.

Acrylic 2 to 3 mm 2. The material also affects the sound quality of the record playing. Cork 2 to 3 mm 4. Again made by hudson hi fi this corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat proves to be unique in its own sense.

Tonight i added the acrylic but have not had a chance to spin many albums. I had seen cork mats in audio magazines but i was not sure if the cost was worth it. It is an age old debate as to which one. I looked on both amazon and ebay to see what my options were.

Deer hide 2 to 3 mm 8. Glass 6 mm 3. Ordered a pro ject cork it cork mat to go with my por ject carbon debut.