Uturn Orbit Acrylic No Mat

That said many folks prefer using no mat with the acrylic platter.

Uturn orbit acrylic no mat.

Acrylic is a solid transparent plastic often known by brand names like plexiglass. The orbit s tonearm is optimized for use with a thick platter mat. If you want a good mat check out the gemdandy rcc mat and the herbie s audio lab way excellent mat. The orbit s arm is optimized for use with a 1 8 thick mat.

Acrylic s high density and low stiffness helps the platter trap and dissipate vibrat. I recommend trying both and going with whichever sounds best to you i ended up preferring using a mat with mine. Choose your finish cartridge platter and more. But it looks amazing.

That said the at91b isn t bad. If you do upgrade something the cartridge is a good place to start. Without a mat the orbit had a propensity to skip where it hadn t before. I purchased a hudson hifi acrylic mat which fixed all of my issues at once.

If you have a pre amp you don t need another though u turn s preamp does appear to be very well regarded. 90 add to cart. When i bought a u turn orbit recently i grabbed a 1 8 cork mat to place on the acrylic platter thinking that it would sound good protect the acrylic from dust and scratching and be less likely than a felt mat to stick to records because of static. Highly recommend doing that until u turn comes out with a 3mm thicker.

All of our turntables come with a standard felt mat included. Our acrylic platter is a full pound heavier which translates into improved speed consistency 0 125 wow flutter compared to 0 175 for mdf. K4rstar oct 4 2017 164. The orbit comes with the choice of either a basic mdf platter or an acrylic platter.

Model has acrylic platter ortofon om5e and arm lifter. I used their cork mat for a long time but could discern a muffling of certain frequencies with it as opposed to no mat. I contacted uturn audio about the need for a mat with my acrylic platter and this was their response. I would recommend the cork mat for no other reason that it supposedly helps with static.

Upgrade your orbit s mdf platter to acrylic for improved speed consistency and detail. 5 shop our favorite records picked by the u turn team shop records. Mdf medium density fiberboard is a wood composite material made by binding wood fibers together with heat and pressure. Built to order to your specifications.