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

[jandl100]

Well, here's something interesting.

Adventurous as ever, this eBay item caught my attention, and for £35.00 UK delivered (with refund option) I thought I'd give it a go.

It's kind of odd and seems to hark back to the days of the old Michell turntables with their 'minimum surface contact' philiosophy - the opposite of what tends to be thought of as good practice these days.

The LP is supported on 9 little black cones.

Mounted atop my well glued-down Funk Achromat on my Pioneer PL600X direct drive tt it's made a definite and worthwhile improvement in all areas.
The sound is faster, more open, more transparent. Everything sounds better defined and more articulate.

You can't use any clamping system, though, so warped records have to stay as warped as before.

Well worth exploring. !



and a close up of the little support cones ...


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-TransF...item2a160fcabd

[Marco]

Never mind that pish, daftee (as interesting as it is), how does the Zu 103 sound?

Marco.

[jandl100]

Never mind that pish, daftee (as interesting as it is), how does the Zu 103 sound?

Marco.

Nya nya - ya missed it!

Check out my ongoing system thread in the Gallery section.


... and thanks for moving the thread to the reviews section!

[John]

Its a really good Matt I found it to be very effective Jerry and even seems to help modern recordings.
I think the basic concept came from Mark YNWAN but develop to work across the whole record. Its a simple approach but seems to really help on a lot of platters

[YNWaN]

And the design it is based on:

[Marco]

Nya nya - ya missed it!

Check out my ongoing system thread in the Gallery section.

Ah, oi mished it, soz ah did... Had a quick squinto, looks like I was right again!

Nice one - enjoy... Just popping out for a bit. I'll comment on your thread there later.

Marco.

[keiths]

I too have being trying the Reso-mat on my Lenco and I absolutely agree with Jerry - a big all-round improvement. 'Faster' is definately the first thing that you notice together with tighter bass and more detail.

I believe Vic intends them to be used without any other mat underneath so that the record is coupled directly to the platter via the little plastic cones - that's how I'm using mine. I was concerned initially that the mat wouldn't provide sufficient damping for the ringy platter, but those fears appear unfounded as I can't hear any ringing or other adverse effects.

Vic also recommends that suitable packing is used with platters with centre indentations - I used three circles of thin model maker's plastic card glued together (and glued to the platter with spray mount) on my Lenco platter.

Mine's the black mat with black cones - it's also available white on black, white on white and black on white.



Very impressed with mine.

[jandl100]

Hmm. Damn, maybe I should have got a black one?

Still, they all look the same when an LP is on top.

[John]

Yes heard this on a few Lencos now and seems to really help. Looks good in black
But nice to hear that it seems to work well with direct drives too

[morris_minor]

So is it best to closely couple your record with your heavy platter or virtually suspend it in thin air?

I vote this as the next question in QI for the "nobody knows" answer