This "Gold Standard" platter mat system is a BRILLIANT upgrade for your SL 1200/1210!
“This thing is AMAZING!!! transformed my deck. Super quick post too!!!! A***** (from our ebay feedback)
VIBRO-STOP Platter Mats
"The DOUBLE"
If you own a Technics SL1200/1210, then you really need
to hear what this platter mat system can do for your sound!
Developed by a professional Audio Engineer with over 30 years in the business, this amazing DOUBLE platter-mat upgrade will enhance the quality on almost any system...but on the SL1200/1210 it's astonishingly good!! The VSPM material has been carefully tested and selected for optimal performance, and the results really show in the sonics!
PLEASE NOTE: Buyer please be alert!
Unlike ordinary acrylic or plastic mats, ours are of a specifically optimized material offering "Gold Standard" performance. The difference is measurable and audible, and we are the only ones showing any measurements as published proof. Plus, we have many HUNDREDS of positive testimonials... Look over our feedback and you will see. If you really want the "Gold Standard" get a VSPM... Accept no substitutes!
OK... Just what makes our Vibro-Stop Platter-Mat better and different from competitors?
1) The special grade of materials, treated with our proprietary process, has unique sonic properties. It's our secret. And it only comes in black.
2) The 287mm diameter is specifically chosen to minimize the negative effect of edge-warps on the LP. We don't offer other sizes as this has been proven to be the optimal for most LPs.
3) Measured proof of performance. No one else offers this!
4) Conditional Money-back guarantee! If you don't like it we will buy it back! (UK only, see details in 'Price' section).
5) Check out the 800+ positive testimonials (feedback) showing that we deliver what we promise.
NOTE: This ad is for the DOUBLE thickness Mat system (2X3 =6mm). You can also buy a SINGLE 3mm mat in our other listings, and it too will give you a big improvement... even so, we'd rather see you spend the extra amount and go for the Gold Standard: the DOUBLE!
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Here are more Technics testimonials from our eBay feedback:
"Great seller & product, good open communications and the TT mat is working well!" a***u
"What a fantastic platter this is! My 1200 sounds amazing. A MUST. THANK YOU!" r***a
"Wow. Such an improvement on my SL120/SME/HANA SL. So much more detail." e***4
“essential update for a technics sl1200. some very nice improvement for sound r***k
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Here is what VSPM delivers:
1) Even inexperienced listeners can tell the difference. From a real testimonial:
“My wife doesn’t really know much about audio, but she readily heard and loved the difference in quality after installing your platter mat.”
2) Unlike our competitors we PROVE it is better… with measurements!
3) Saves BIG money! …. instead of spending many £1000’s on expensive rigs, VSPM gives you similar or BETTER sound quality for a fraction of the price.
4) Works really, really well with almost any model or type of turntable.
5) Radically improves the appearance of most turntables - it is surprising to see how good the VSPM makes things look.
6) Improves everything: better lows, tremendous heft, slam and impact, mids and highs, much more dynamic contrast, deeper and wider "holographic imaging", much greater retrieval of inner detail.
In Sum: it takes nearly any “mid-fi” turntable to a level that competes with true Audiophile decks...and it takes the SL1200/1210 all the way into the super-deck ranges!
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PRICE
RRP: £99.99
SPECIAL SALE: £59.49!!
Add only £11.10 for shipping to the EU, £14.40 for North & South America, and £15.40 for the rest of the world! We use Royal Mail International Signed (5 - 14 day delivery, depending on Customs processing time). For worldwide orders we can't guarantee delivery time as this will depend on the Customs processing time in your country.
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Here's what you get:
A) The mat comes in a very sturdy protective mailer that looks like this:
B) NEW!! It now comes with our handsome new Gold logo pre-affixed. We think most people will really love how the gold accents and gloss finish dress up their turntable!
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SCIENCE, MEASUREMENTS, PROOF
To properly measure and evaluate the LP surface resonance issue, we had to custom build specialized vibration actuators and measurement systems.
(Note: Our products are developed and TESTED by a “golden-ear type” inventor with a BSEE and over 30 years in audio...)
We tested dozens of materials and sizes before finding the right mix for the VSPM... we ALSO tested many competitors' mats, including felt, leather, glass, cork, cork + ground rubber, laminated and “constrained layer” types, sorbothane, wood, acrylic, special rubber “audiophile mats” loaded with tungsten, metal mats, foamed plastic mats, and so on.
The results? The VibroStop material significantly outperformed all others.
Ed. Note: We wonder why our imitators don't publish test results! Do they even know how to test? You should wonder too...
Vibro-Stop is by FAR the best-measuring Platter Mat of all those we tested. (Also the best sounding... in most systems!)
So... you want MEASUREMENTS?
Have a look!
Vibro-Stop vs. Rega Felt Mat or Rega Glass Platter
Vibro-Stop vs. Technics Rubber Mat
The above graphs shows the radical improvement Vibro-Stop offers over even the highly regarded Technics “audiophile version” of their heavy rubber mat, both tested on a SL1200 turntable. As seen on the graph, Vibro-Stop (in blue) provides more than +10 to +14dB of added suppression of unwanted LP surface resonances vs. the Technics "Audiophile mat" (in red). When compared against regular rubber mats like the old Thorens or Garrard mats, the improvement gets to be over +25dB !!
We love what George said about the changes on his Technics SL1200:
“All I can say is it was awesome, besides the better lower end the sound seemed much more alive. I just don't know how else to explain it, more detail, more lower end & more life - I'm well happy.”
George S., British Ex-pat, Philippines
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TECHNICAL DETAILS
Here's HOW the Vibro-Stop Platter Mat WORKS
1.) The action of the stylus on the record surface creates mechanical propagation waves in the material of the LP. These waves must be quickly dissipated or they will create many time-delayed reflections and "ghost-images" which make their way back to the stylus and create resonances, muddiness and colorations.
2.) Most platter mats do a very poor job of absorbing and dissipating these resonances. These random extra vibrations of the LP surface can make it very hard for even the best stylus to track properly.
3.) The material in the Vibro-Stop Platter Mat is a special grade and thickness of thermo-plastic selected after a great deal of materials testing.
Our VSPM mat greatly reduces the unwanted vibrations and offers the stylus a much more stable playing surface.
4.) We found that there is an optimum hardness, thickness and mass that is needed: too much or too little and you lose performance. We've got the Gold Standard formula dialed in: it's very near optimal, and it shows in superior measurements and audibly better results.
5.) Depending on your turntable, the VSPM can even reduce the transmission of spurious vibrations into the tone-arm! It reduces the “singing tonearm” syndrome so much that it can make even a humble little tonearm sound like something much more expensive.
6.) Most turntable platters have metallic sounding colorations from the platters themselves.... these impart a somewhat edgy and harsh midrange to the music... and the factory-supplied rubber platter mats usually add a coloration which also makes it sound dull – edgy, harsh AND muddy/dull.... not a great combination!
7.) In contrast, Vibro-Stop Platter Mat reduces almost all of these colorations, and greatly helps with nearly all platters, whether direct-drive or belt-drive platters.
8) Because many LPs have edge-warps, they can "push off " from the platter-mat surface. To help with this, at 287mm diameter, VSPM is deliberately sized to be smaller than the LP and avoid contact with most edge-warps.
Also, 287mm fits inside the raised outer ring found on some turntables. Example: most mats are too big for the Technics range, ours fits perfectly - on the great majority of turntables, Technics or other brands. Our mat system has another advantage: a milled recess for the record label. Result? LP surface sits flush on the VSPM for optimal resonance damping.
9.) Vibro-Stop Platter Mat GREATLY improves almost any turntable! It works its magic especially well with direct drive units from Technics, Sony, Yamaha, JVC and Denon, equally well with most belt-drive units including Rega, VPI or Linn-Sondek, and especially well with Garrard 301 and Lenco.
10.) Platter size: 287mm (11 3/8 inches) diameter and 3 mm thickness.
PLEASE NOTE: For heavier platter turntables (Technics SL1200 and SP10, Garrard 301, and Lenco, etc.) please consider getting the Double VSPM (two VSPMs back to back). It's even better !