"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.

greg

Harry


You raise a good point...but wan't a factor for me. See my other post.

For me, the one place it did make a difference was on the Thorens, where it
dampened a ringing platter. It also seemed to improve transparency, but I
think it might have been due to better transient response (less ringing)
rather than any true increase in transparency. With or without the
GlassMat, the Thorens was trounced by the Linn in this regard.