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Upgrade mat or platter on pro-ject debut carbon?

I setup my pro-ject debut carbon today and was impressed with everything except that felt mat and the fact that the adapter for 45s was missing.

The included felt mat generates lint and seems to create a static charge on the vinyl attracting more dust...

What are some good alternatives to this mat? Should I just go ahead and change the platter to an acrylic one that does not need a mat?

Thx
kooshballa
wescoman
113 posts
 
Upgrade to the acrylic platter. It's worth the money.
kooshballa OP
24 posts
 
I see where folks are selling acrylic mats for a fraction of the cost of the acrylic platter...will this serve the same purpose with the stock platter?
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paraneer
818 posts
 
Where I live, static is always a problem especially during the winter months. I agree, the felt mat that Pro-ject supplies is pretty useless often doing more harm than good.

I really like cork mats for keeping both static and dust down. I recently tried one of these on one my tables and have been impressed with it. Very attractively priced too.

http://www.needledoctor.com/Simple-Mat-Record-Mat

Good luck!
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