"GregS" wrote in message
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In article , "Harry Lavo"
wrote:
Only once did I find a mat that made a positive difference....that was a
Marcof Glassmat (felt bonded to glass) that dampened the "ring" in the
bass
of my Thorens TD-160 Super.

On the Linn, nothing beat the felt mat, and the rubber ones made for a
noticeable deterioration.

On my duals, the ribbed rubber mats do their job well.

I'd look elsewhere (like a good wall mount) to make an appreciable
difference.

Your assuming there is a vibration problem. The mat also works in
conjunction
with the pickup, in that the pickup generates noise into the record.


Valid point.

But I never had a noise problem to begin with, so did not notice any change
favorable or not. Simply wasn't a factor for me.