TransFi TURNTABLE PLATTER MAT...... THE 'RESO-MAT'

[jandl100]

Another couple of days' listening have gone by, and I'm finding the Reso-mat on the bare platter of my tt a bit tonally stark and the sound is less involving and interesting.

To be fair, the platter on the Jap direct drives that I love tend to ring a bit, and do need some damping. The Reso-mat does nothing in the way of platter damping.

So I put the Pioneer's rubber mat on with the Reso-mat on top of that. (And, yes, I always adjusted the VTA accordingly. )
Ah, that's better. Some platter damping with the Reso-mat on top and all is well again.

[John]

shame its not working for you but if under a week Vic will gladly refund money

[jandl100]

shame its not working for you but if under a week Vic will gladly refund money

Who me?

It's working just fine for me, thanks! - I just need to make sure that my rather 'ringy' platter is damped as well.

[John]

ahh sorry miss understood Jerry

[jandl100]

ahh sorry miss understood Jerry

No - easily done! I've modified my post #21 to make my thoughts clearer.

[YNWaN]

I'm not a fan of this layering of mats and certainly my own design is intended to make direct contact with the platter. Using a mat is not the appropriate way to damp a platter in my view, such damping is better placed under the platter, or preferably not required in the first place.

[jandl100]

Yes, I agree in principle, Mark - but, as they say, we are where we are. And I do currently have a tt with a platter that rings - and damping it is audibly beneficial. And placing the Reso-mat on top of a damping mat makes the sound better. Sort of 2 wrongs making a sort of right.
Would a better platter design be superior? I am sure that it would.

[YNWaN]

Can you not apply damping to the underside of the platter and do away with the rubber mat?

To be honest, I would say that your TT is an economy too far; no amount of mat experimentation will overcome its inherent limitations.

[jandl100]

Can you not apply damping to the underside of the platter and do away with the rubber mat?

Yes, I could look into that.

To be honest, I would say that your TT is an economy too far; no amount of mat experimentation will overcome its inherent limitations.

You would perhaps call it a mullet of a turntable.
But then that should go well with my mullet of a system.

But I've recently owned a standard Techie 1210, and the Pioneer is certainly comparable with that in terms of sound quality.
And David Price likes it, too. http://twitpic.com/duwnc

[keiths]

I've been playing with various mats underneath my Reso-mat and, despite the ringy Lenco platter, I still much prefer to use mine directly on the platter. My Lenco's platter does have some additional damping in the form of 3 large rubber 'O' rings around its periphery.