Replacing wool/felt mat

[brassnwood]

Hi Mr Datsun,
I have one & at just 1mm thick I would put the 'Feel' between felt & Leather.
I use it on my Acrylic platter as I prefer the sound - it takes away the too analytical sound, giving a warmer feel to the music without loss of detail across the frequency range.
GC

[mr.datsun]

Hi Mr Datsun,
I have one & at just 1mm thick I would put the 'Feel' between felt & Leather.
I use it on my Acrylic platter as I prefer the sound - it takes away the too analytical sound, giving a warmer feel to the music without loss of detail across the frequency range.
GC

Thanks for the info, brassnwood. At 1mm it could be a good (if expensive) way of getting my arm more horizontal too.

[fretlessVI]

Fretless, I forgot to ask you about its thickness.

The mats I tried were made of a soft mesh plastic that were cut into place mat shapes. They came in about 4 different colours. They were also about the same thickness as the Rega felt mat.Bear in mind that I live in Montreal and that even here I didn't always find the same mat material in different stores.

[studiord]

Felt leaves the bass a bit muddy. Cork gives more definition, overall.

Cheers,
Alec

I am having an altogether different experience. Yesterday, I bought a 2mm cork sheet and cut a mat out of it. I played 'Smoke on the water' from a Japanese pressing of Deep Purple-Best Of twice - once with the cork mat and then with the original felt one. The good news is there was a significant difference between the two. The bad news though is that with the cork mat, it sounded muddier and less punchier than with the felt mat. I have read all the posts in this topic and don't know what is wrong - could the thickness (2mm as opposed to 3mm) be an issue ?

[Alec124c41]

Interesting.
Is the cork flat? Straight cork or cork in rubber?

Cheers,
Alec

[studiord]

Interesting.
Is the cork flat? Straight cork or cork in rubber?

Cheers,
Alec

How do you distinguish between straight cork and cork in rubber. It looks like regular cork only.

regards

Rahul

[Alec124c41]

There is gasket material that is cork in a rubber matrix.
You might try it with a weight.
Of course, there is no single answer to any question that will meet every situation.

Cheers,
Alec

[studiord]

There is gasket material that is cork in a rubber matrix.
You might try it with a weight.
Of course, there is no single answer to any question that will meet every situation.

Cheers,
Alec

Thanks Alec ! I guess mine is straight cork. My opinion has slightly changed after listening to other LP's as I found the bass has increased and the sound stage has expanded a bit. I just fear the cork mat does not leave any scuff marks on the vinyl. I have recently upgraded to a glass platter so do I need to upgrade the belt as well for compensating the additional weight ?