Dereneville Magic-Mat


I hadent intended to open yet another tt mat discussion, but just to hear of any other members experience with this mat. One member asked about this on a recent thread, but I couldent find a response. The only decent review I could find was this - https://dervinylist.com/2018/10/24/dereneville-magic-mat/
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Checked the link and what i see is this mat on Technics SL1200 mkII or related model. The mat is too thin for this particular turntable. The problem with a super thin mat for Technics SL1200 series is tonearm setup, it's impossible to make a tonearm parallel to the record surface on this turntable if the mat is so thin even for the lovest VTA setting of the tonearm (it's never parallel to the record). The original stock rubber mat is not good for the sound, but at least it's thick enough to rise up a cartridge/headshell/tonearm to make it parallel to the record. 

This is a problem for old Technics SL1200 series of turntables only. 
The best mat for them is SAEC SS-300 ! The thickness of that mat is just fine.     
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