"JBColeman" wrote in message
oups.com
Hello--

I've got a Music Hall MMF-5 turntable, and I'm looking
for opinions on the advisability of buying an acrylic
platter to replace the included glass one. Would this
give me a sonic upgrade? Is it worth the investment?

Glass has a lot more weight for a given volume than plastic.

Does the plastic platter weigh as much as the glass one? If it does, then it
is probably thicker and will upset cartridge alignment, possibly in ways
that can't be compensated for. If it doesn't, then the reduced mass will
reduce the desired flywheel effect and change the tuning of the suspension.

Your best bet to improve damping is to get a mat that is made of a "dead"
material like Sorbothane.