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RE: Opinons: glass platter mat for Technics 1200

Glass mat? That seems a bad idea :

1. Glass will ring. Unless well damped it will add unpleasant colorations. For example Rega use a glass platter which is then damped with a comparatively thick felt mat.

2. The one advertised weighs a lot - a kilo. Unless you know for sure that your turntable's bearing can cope with what is quite a significant additional load leave well alone.

3. Being 6mm thick you will note from the picture of it that this leaves little of the spindle protruding. A record on a smooth surface like glass will tend to slip when rotated especially when the pickup arm and cartridge are placed on it. A solution to this is to use a record clamp. But in this case that it not feasible becuase there is insufficient spindle to hold the clamp.

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