The perforated mat features irregular cutouts shaped like circles ovals and is just over half as thick as the solid mat.
Way excellent ii turntable mat review.
The herbie s way excellent ii 72 50 is a 3 7mm affair that fits the technics platter like a glove.
The solid mat is medium thickness 2mm in my estimation and is quite stiff with excellent finishing on it s subtly pebbled surface and rounded edges.
It sticks to the platter nicely and grips the record effectively without being tacky.
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With virtually any kind of turntable a way excellent ii turntable mat is a safe bet to do better than any cork sorbothane shelf material or hard carbon graphite mat.
The intent of putting absorption under the power amp and dac pre is the size of the cases with sound pressure will vibrate the rack without absorption.
I am now using the herbies way excellent ii mat i do like it it has a good weight for a mat.
And when i replaced the stock felt mat with the way excellent ii mat sounds began to float more freely around the soundstage as i believe the vinyl was much more stable and the stylus was less prone to micro movements and could extract more low level detail out of the grooves.
I had been using the music hall cork mat which is nice too both do a great job not sure of sound affect but i give a tiny edge to the herbies.
These mats are an excellent upgrade in case you are having static problems and dust and are seeking an improved sound experience.
With virtually any kind of turntable a way excellent ii turntable mat is a safe bet to do better than any cork sorbothane shelf material or hard carbon graphite mat.
It s made from light spongy foam with a recessed donut in the middle for the label.
The mats are between 1 16 and 2 16 of an inch thick and 11 5 inches in diameter.
That s actually very interesting.
Catcher10 apr 30 2016.
I put tenderfoots under the power amp and dac preamp soft fat dots under the turntable point feet and i changed to the way excellent ii mat from the stock felt mat.
I have heard of another linn owner going back to his felt mat after a herbie s mat.
Herbie s way excellent turntable mats have consistently proven superior to stock felt mats and clearly outperform stock rubber mats.
I first tried the herbie s mat after the once analog dc motor and power supply were installed into this turntable before the rest of the upgrades and in particular before the cetech sub chassis so i could not say how it compares on a vanilla lp12.
