Just checked out their web page on this item. The mat is directional. $250 before taxes and shipping. Does the mat clip onto the cd or lay on top of it?
Marigo Virtuoso CD Player mat
Well, I just received the current Marigo Virtuoso CD mat, which is placed on top of the cd for most drawer loading machines...Summary: this is the final step in completing my CD playback set-up and I'd do it again a heartbeat. Does not interfere with cd player drawer at all. My CD player is a Marantz SA8004, amp is a Acurus DIA 100 Mk2, IC is OmegaMikro Excalibur ribbon, and speakers are ProAc Response 2.5's, all set up in a near-field listening arrangement. SC's are a dealers private label, but I expect they are a mid-grade Straightwire version of some sort. Before I got this mat, I was actively looking for new cables to get me closer to the "you are there" presentation. After selling my serious playback system years ago (Rowland, JM Labs Mezzo Utopia, Theta Gen V A. Straightwire Virtuoso throughout), I have been trying to see what this older retiree can put together on a budget in a dedicated listening room. Well, this setup was very musical from the start, but with the addition of Marigo CD mat, I think I've gone as far as I can go, and that is pretty far! With decent to very good cd recordings, I am "there". And depending upon the recording's mic placements, very immediate, dynamic, open, just as though I am front row center. Nuances & overall presentations are excellent, very musical from the softest to the loudest passages. And soundstage is broad, better defined and stable. With mediocre recordings, there is not as much to enhance, and any benefit is marginal....but the better the recording, the better the results...to me, this is the final 10%,and is as far as I can go, but time will tell. New cables? Probably, but I'm not sure why. Typical Listening: The Best of Eva Cassidy; Nanci Griffith Last of the True Believers, Bela Fleck Live Art (CD#2), Keith Jarrett At the Deerfield Inn; Cantate Domino; Rob Wasserman Duets.
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