Use A Record Mat Or Not With Rega

Again made by hudson hi fi this corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat proves to be unique in its own sense.

Use a record mat or not with rega.

Grado sonata moon 110 lp phono. In stock 4 add to cart 23 reward points questions and answers. Amp krell s 300i speaker monitor audio rs6. If you eliminate the static in the record it will not lift the mat no matter what it is made of.

On my rega the ringmat mat is the best. This cork turntable mat consisted of two layers. It is the same thickness so no vta to worry about. Corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat.

The leather mat made no considerable difference to the white felt mat. These types of upgrades stay in line with rega philosophy and rega sound the rp8 has both an all metal subplatter and a reference belt x2 whereas changing the mat and adding a clamp is not in line with the rega sound philosophy. I wet clean my records and have zero static problems with a standard rega felt mat. No rega model did.

It has several advantages over many other materials. Rega record mat for rega turntables accessories. Now 30 00 was save. In stock 4 item.

Not only on rega decks but others designed with them as part of the system. Johnmichael vinyl rega planar 2 incognito rewire deepgroove subplatter ceramic bearing michell technoweight rega 24v motor ttpsu funkfirm achroplat platter michael lim top and bottom braces 2 rega feet and one rdc cones. The record is supported minimally and seems to be a nice interface between vinyl and glass. You can of course experiment with different materials on all types of decks and i have done so.

I m not a huge fan of this mat or the rega because of the static issues that both seem to have in practical use. Dear rega users out there the other day a friend came over with some of his spare turntable mats to see which difference they make on my rega p9 compared to the stock white felt mat. Add to cart availability. The base laayer is a 1 16 thick cork base while the surface is peppered with 1 16 spheres hence giving the entire cork turntable mat to have a thickness of 1 8.

Moving up the rega line does the rp8 or the upcoming rp10 have either a cork mat or a clamp. Surely if a record is lifting a mat it is because the record is charged up nothing to do with the mat. It is similar to the rega felt mat which is rather ubiquitous in the hi fi world but just ever so slightly thinner and coarser feeling. Nice tight bass and a focused sound unlike the slightly mushy sound with the felt mat.

Rega black felt a leather mat and oyaide br 12 we quickly removed the black felt mat we both did not like the result it sounded wrong.