Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork.


I have a Linn Basik Turntable with an Akito tonearm and Rega Exacta 2 cartridge. Would one expect a noticeable sonic difference when changing from a felt mat to a rubber and cork mat?
joscow
You were the "instigator", by dismissing MyMat based upon a picture.


maybe, but it’s my impression, and it’s DIY producs.

Several MyMat users chimed in. Given the construction of MyMat, it’s flexible nature, it’s 1mm thick design, it’s ability to dampen motor noise and still decouple a record from a platter in a 1mm thick mat, is incredible!.

Every felt mat is as flexible as yours, this one is the thinnest ever, not sure why thin mat must be better than thick mat ?

I have all positive users’ posts. It seems to me, I have nothing to prove. Actually, one MyMat user said he didn’t like the Boston Mat (Sakura) at all in his system. Which brings me to another point...all of my customers , with different TTs, have all reported good things. Again, I have nothing to prove.

You don’t have to, i believe none of your customers compared it to Micro Seiki CU-180 gunmetal mat or SAEC SS-300 mat then. The comment about Boston Audio is just one opinion, you will not find negative feedbacks about BA mats, but latest Sakura System The Mat is not exactly BA mat, it’s mk3 version (it’s thinner if it’s important for you).

This is with just one MyMat, ...I have had one repeat customer. Two MyMats are better than one, and two are just 2mm thick, perfectly connected to your platter.

The question was about direct comparison of Your Mat to some of the best mats out there (such as Micro Seiki and SAEC people using for over 40 years, and modern mat like BA or The Mat from Sakura which is relatively new product).

An opinion of someone will be more valuable when i will see a list of mats compared to your mat. There are many bad mats of the market, especially new mats, but i want to remind you about the most popular expensive mats.

Did you ever try Micro Seiki CU-180 or CU-500 or maybe SAEC SS-300 ?
I guess you failed to remember @ noromance list of his personal mats and their benefit. 

This was early on in this very thread.

Like I said, I have nothing to prove.
@chakster,

Let us all read personal remarks about the mats you are high on. I've done that. You????
I don’t have any of the mentioned mats and so ( as I would about ANY unheard product ) feel comments about an unheard product other than aesthetics or some other non-sonic feature are close to worthless.

obviously a wide sample of mats would / could be a fairly significant investment and require many hours of listening.

personally, I praise Steve for creating something new which more than a few people enjoy :-) how wonderful is that!

enjoy the music!

my primary table is a Bardo with a uniquely engineered platter and clamping system.
noromance,  what is a PAC aluminum platter?  Nothing comes to mind for those initials.

Could it be any aluminum platter, like one of the Technics, or a specific one?

Thanks