Origin Live Turntable Mat Review

The cork and rubber mat is a combination of the qualities in each to make an ideal mat.
Origin live turntable mat review. Origin live home to multi award winning hi fi products manufactured in the uk direct and through our worldwide dealer network. It s not a stabiliser. Even if your turntable is not supplied with a platter mat this mat will improve sound quality. This is a plain jane felt mat of thin medium thickness 2 mm i d say that comes stock with the linn lp12 turntable.
Stock linn lp12 felt mat 30 usd. Looking to removing noise and vibration from your turntable s platter and the record itself origin live introduce an intriguing accessory called the gravity one before we get to the thing itself let me tell you what this product is not. It s not a clamp. 30 money back guarantee on all of origin live s products.
The origin live platter mat is about as simple as a turntable mat can be a flat sheet of hard plastic just 1 5mm thick. To protect the records i made an interface from an antistatic record sleeve so as to give my precious vinyl some protection from surface scratches. Platter mat reviews james 2019 07 10t10 01 51 01 00. Tony sharman platter mat review i have a lexan platter which when purchased had the proviso that any platter mat would be detrimental to the overall sound and detail retrieval.
Origin live s platter mat upgrade makes a far greater difference than most others bringing a positive difference to every aspect of the music. The turntable mat is a critical interface between your vinyl records and the turntable you play them on. It s not a record weight. It s not a weight.
Due to the combination of cork and rubber this mat is heavier than the rest. The origin live platter mat upgrade greatly enhances musical enjoyment by bringing recordings alive. From the turntables themselves to mats microphones and even karaoke machines electrohome is a high end top of the line manufacturer of turntable mats and other related products. Even origin live calls this thing a record weight.
It absorbs mechanical sound partially. 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. Even if your deck does not officially need a platter mat this mat will upgrade it. I simply tried adding the thin 1mm mat from my rega the origin live brand from the uk to the top of the dual platter.
To my surprise i did not expect such a drastic improvement. Their turntable platter mat is an affordable mat that is uniquely made from silicon as opposed to the more traditional felt leather and even cork. This product stands in for the ultimate cork turntable mat review. Experimentation with different turntable mats is simple and quick and you find the sonic differences are usually obvious.