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VIBRO-STOP Platter Mat 

GS (Gold Standard edition) 

for Thorens Turntables

VSPM with sticker

This is the GS edition of our VSPM platter mats

This is a GRAND upgrade for Thorens!


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Positive feedback rating "Outstanding, could hardly believe my ears. Very pleased.j****

Positive feedback rating Absolutely brilliant, better sound and detail. Wooow AAA+++” m***i


Turntables look better


Consumer Alert! PLEASE NOTE!

Other vendors only TALK about how good their mat sounds (or looks). We go several steps further and publish our measurements. Why doesn't anyone else show any technical data? Because they don't have any to publish! They just machine a piece of acrylic and put it up on eBay...

Unlike the ordinary acrylics or plastics used by others, our mats use a special grade, proprietary material and process for optimized LP interface. The improvement is MEASURABLE.

Technics graph

Again: why are we the only ones who dare back up our claims?  Look for measurements and the 800+ positive product comments here on eBay...  Please check our feedback and you will see. If you really want the best sonics, then get a VSPM... Accept no substitutes!


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So... Just what makes Vibro-Stop Platter-Mat better and different from its 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. It's nearly 3mm thick.

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 819+ positive testimonials Positive feedback rating (feedback) showing that we deliver what we promise. 


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Here are more testimonials from our eBay feedback:

Positive feedback rating Very pleased with this a worthwhile investment. Things sound more open and airy” b***9

Positive feedback rating Fast service great state of item, big difference in sound recommended eBay seller" a***g

Positive feedback rating "Wouldn't have thought a platter mat could make such an improvement." m***4

Positive feedback rating Absolutely brilliant, better sound and detail. Wooow AAA+++” m***i


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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… see our measurements section!

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.


VSPM on Technics SL1200Mk2


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. 


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PRICE

RRP: £39.69

SUMMER SALE: £33.39

(Note: we also offer a lower cost Spiral Moons edition which is only £27.90)

Conditional Guarantee

NEW! 14 day U.K. Conditional Guarantee!
We realize that the sound you will get in your system is a subjective issue. So, even though most users greatly prefer the more detailed and musical VSPM sound, some (very few, in fact!) may find it doesn't suit their system. If that's your case, we'll take it back and send you a refundBuyer pays postage. 

(UK only and reasonable conditions apply, please see our Returns Policy).

Free Shipping in the UK!

Add only £8.89 for shipping to the EU, £9.99 for North & South America, and £11.70 for the rest of the world! We use Royal Mail International Signed (5 to 14 day delivery, depending mostly on Customs processing time). For worldwide orders we cannot 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:
strudy packaging

B) Our new GS edition comes with a Gold themed center trim. We think many people will love how this mat looks on their turntable!

VSPM with sticker 44px

C) We also offer a lower cost "SpiralMoons Edition" without a decorative sticker. Check our other listings to find it.

Spiral Moons VSPM 


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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.

BTW... Our products are developed and TESTED by a “golden-ear type” inventor with a BSEE and over 30 years in audio... it has to SOUND good before we will offer it!

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.


Vibro-Stop vs. Felt MatVSPM on Rega measurements

Regardless of the platter material, felt mats measure very poorly and with quite peaky frequency response. Felt mats isolate the LP somewhat from the platter, but that comes at significantly BAD effect on the sonics.  LP’s placed on felt mats measure nearly as poorly as an un-supported LP regardless of the platter material! This allows the LP resonances to continue with almost no damping.

With all due respect to those that advocate felt for platter mats, we can only say they are wrong to do so!

In contrast, the Vibro-Stop platter mats not only provide much superior frequency response at the LP surface, they also significantly reduce the inherent bell modes and ringing found in metal platters, especially the two-part types like the Thorens and Linn. The platter+mat becomes much better behaved in all respects, with huge sonic benefits.


Vibro-Stop vs. Rubber Mat

Technics graph

The above graph 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 +10dB of added suppression of unwanted LP surface resonances over the Technics mat (in red). When compared against regular rubber mats the improvement gets to be over +25dB !!


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TECHNICAL DETAILS

HOW IT 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 time-delayed reflections and vibrations which make their way back to the stylus and create resonances, muddy fuzz 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. 

VSPM 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 goldilocks formula dialed in: it's very near optimal, and it shows in superior measurements and audibly better results.


5.) On many turntables, the VSPM will 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....  and the factory-supplied rubber platter mats usually over-damp and sound really 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. At 287mm diameter, VSPM is deliberately sized to be smaller than the LP and avoid contact with most edge-warps. Our mats fit perfectly on the great majority of turntables, including SL1200/SL1210. 


9) 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.


10) 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 Denonequally well with most belt-drive units including Rega, VPI or Linn-Sondek, and especially well with Garrard 301 and Lenco.


11) Platter size: 287mm (11 3/8 inches) diameter and nearly 3 mm thickness.


PLEASE NOTE: For heavy platter units like Sota, Technics SL1200, Garrard 301, and Lenco turntables we recommend using a Double Thickness VSPM (two VSPMs back to back). It makes them even better !!