Dear Stringreen: Certainly I don't know nothing about that VPI ceramic platter and its specific design so I can't say anothing about, in the other side I would like to share my experiences with ceramic:
Audio technica and Audiocraft ( between other companies. ) marketed ceramic TT mats that were with high build quality and ( like almost all in audio with " new " products. ) had high success. I owned both and I used for a few months and after that I sold it because did not improve the quality performance experience.
Ceramic is way resonant contrary on what many of us can think. I had SAEC and Victor very expensive headshells ( beautiful made. ) with the same result and any one of you could remember that Graham used once ceramic as arm wand and " suddenly " they took out of production. I own and owned cartridges with full ceramic cartridge body and not the best out there: as I said ceramic at the cartridge needs is way resonant.
Btw, to fragile too.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
Audio technica and Audiocraft ( between other companies. ) marketed ceramic TT mats that were with high build quality and ( like almost all in audio with " new " products. ) had high success. I owned both and I used for a few months and after that I sold it because did not improve the quality performance experience.
Ceramic is way resonant contrary on what many of us can think. I had SAEC and Victor very expensive headshells ( beautiful made. ) with the same result and any one of you could remember that Graham used once ceramic as arm wand and " suddenly " they took out of production. I own and owned cartridges with full ceramic cartridge body and not the best out there: as I said ceramic at the cartridge needs is way resonant.
Btw, to fragile too.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.