Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths

dbCooper,
I am sorry to see the direction your thread has taken. One year ago, I visited Albert after hearing multiple top end tables(all belt drives in the 20,0000-30,000 range). I bought his wenge plinth/sp10mk2 table(Baltic Birch/Basswood) because it sounded better to me than any other I'd heard at a fraction of the price. Since then, I have bought two more of his plinths(the twin arm panzerholtz versions and they are sonically and functionally wonderful. I thoroughly believe the narrow profit margin ESP considering the labor innvolved. I have a mk2, mk3, and soon another mk3 to replace the mk2. Every arm cartridge combo I have tried sounds wonderful in these plinhs with no trace of rumble. This puts me firmly in the jlsemrad, Albert, and Lewm camp on this issue.
I respect Raul but I feel he's speaking more out of passion than objectivity here(Allnic may not be everyone's cup of tea but clearly not just awful).
Thank God college football is upon us. Their forums are also insane but at least on Saturday the money talks and BS walks.
Good luck in your pursuit db, my money's on panzerholtz and I highly recommend Albert's if you don't have the knowledge/ti
e to do it yourself.

Ckniker,
I have experience with the Boston Audio Mat 1 and Mat 2 on the SP10 mk2. Both work great. My preference is the Mat 2 because it's thicker and more substantial. It's size fits the mk2 platter perfectly, almost too perfectly. The mat fills the space completely. One advantage of the Mat 2 in this reguard is that it is twice as thick and so leaves more to grab at the edge when you want to remove it. Sticking the mat down with two sided tape is beneficial to keep it still and solid but go very sparingly or you will have a battle on your hands ever getting the mat off the platter.
Having said all that, I still think my favorite is the CU-180 and I've noticed no speed control issues with the mk2. The Boston mat is much less expensive and more readily available. I'm sure the mat you're using is quite good but if you try the Boston, I doubt you'll go back.