Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork.

Chakster
I was referring to you slagging off member Slaw.
Which you know full well but you decide to play dumb instead.
Which you most definitely are not.
But no you chose to blithely ignore the true meaning of all of the posts directed towards you.
Have a great day

Chakster!
cut it out please!
that's just plain mean and vindictive especially as you have not even tried one.
your personal thoughts are just that.
shame on you!

There are acrylic mats for sure, not sure if any thing made that is same composition as a modern vinyl record though.
Bar another vinyl record of course.

What material(s) have the same, or very similar, hardness as a typical vinyl LP?

To my mind the obvious place to start would be similar to Noromance and myself have already done.
An album, be it a vinyl 10" or a shellac 78 as a mat.
Well worth a trial IMHO.

@noromance .

Many thanks.

Have added it to my wish upgrade list.

Quick question for Noromance.

Would you consider the PAC oversized platter an essential upgrade for the 401?
Mine has stock platter on it still.
What would you say it brought to the table.( Sic).
Thanks

A little churlish of you Chakster.

Especially as you have NOT tried one.

Slaw has quite a number of happy customers right here as well as external sales.

Thought I said that Eric.... Lol

Ime yes.

Best way though is always to just try.
Mats are cheap enough to give one of each a whirl.

And then of course there are many more options on mats.

Consider member Slaws MyMat for instance.
Good luck