Acrylic Mat Vs Cork

Corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat.

Acrylic mat vs cork.

This makes acrylic far better at controlling resonance generated by the stylus scrubbing in the record groove than traditional felt cork or leather mats. When buying a mat get one at a pocket friendly price and with good. When you place a record directly onto the acrylic surface without a slip mat the record is effectively coupled with the playing surface. They require a dry cleaning method.

Again made by hudson hi fi this corkery decoupled cork n rubber turntable platter mat proves to be unique in its own sense. However acrylic and rubber mats are by far the easiest to clean. Any extra sounds can be further dampened due to the acrylic mat being the same material as a record. Does using a felt mat or a cork mat on your turntable make a difference to the sound produced by your record player.

It is an age old debate as to which one. In turn this results in better performance. Cost is dependent on the quality of the materials the way in which the mat was made. This cork turntable mat consisted of two layers.

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. They sound incredible very low static or noise and nobody knows about them so they are super affordable. The acrylic cork rubber and leather are more costly. The cork rubber and glass mats are affordable.

You can remove dust and debris from their surface by simply washing them in a sink with a mild detergent much like you might wash or hose off a salon floor mat. Handmade mats are the most expensive as most buy them custom made to their own liking. Felt and cork mats however are much more delicate.