I enjoyed lighweight Carbon Graphite Mat from Sakura Systems, it's $250 and can be used on belt drive turntable. My reference mat is Micro Seiki CU-180 and CU-500 (both are too heavy for a belt drive turntables), another great mat is SAEC SS-300 that you could use too.
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Use Zerostat Gun to get rid of the static |
I have Saec SS-300, two Micro (CU180 and CU500), 47 Labs, cork and felt mats and i can’t recall any serious problem with static, i always use carbon fiber brush and rarely use Zerostat Gun. I think the static caused by record sleeves (when we pull them out), not mat. As you can see all my mats are made from different material. And leaving by the sea means high humidity climate. Anyway i had some sort of static problem once, but i’m pretty sure it was the arm, because it’s gone. I remember it was different effect when i touch my tonearm, staying in front of my turntable on a carpet with slippers on and off (the latest was no problem :)) So put the slippers off. |