


Each type can highlight some frequencies and suppress others-which one you prefer the sound of is down to personal taste. The material you choose will have a direct impact on turntable resonance and sonic performance. Selecting the best platter mat for your turntable is a little like choosing a set of tires for your car the right choice for you very much depends on a wide range of circumstances and personal taste. Pros: Excellent static and resonance control excellent record contact (flat and even) actively absorbs stylus vibration superb sound.Ĭons: May need light adhesive pads to prevent slipping will almost certainly require you to adjust your turntable VTA (unless you buy the thinner 3mm version). You can read our full review of this unique turntable mat, here. Achromat combines impedance matching with a complex internal construction of microscopic tunnels where vibration energy is rapidly diffused into tiny amounts of heat energy - seriously clever stuff. When the material is very different (say felt, or even cork) the vibration energy released during playback cannot easily transfer from the record surface to the mat, and therefore, it cannot defuse and may end up being processed by the cartridge. The Achromat claims to perfectly impedance match a vinyl record, which in simple terms means that the mat surface has similar if not the same characteristics as the record. The Achromat is a further development on the acrylic platter concept by the inventor of the acrylic platter himself, Arthur Khoubesserian (Owner of The Funk Firm).
