I interchange three mats,depending on the different music styles, engineering,or just plain mood i'm in. felt, old fulton sorbo type, and yes, a ring mat. buddy got one for 80-90 bucks. laughed myself silly,until he brought it over.not gonna debate better but did great things with high-mids and highs. snappy tightened up lows, on my equiptment.(ERA table/fulton arm/grado plat ref) would never pay that kinda green, but i did do some tradin and have the option of using or not. go felt, but don't limit yourself.
