But it looks amazing.
Uturn orbit acrylic no mat.
If you want a good mat check out the gemdandy rcc mat and the herbie s audio lab way excellent mat.
Highly recommend doing that until u turn comes out with a 3mm thicker.
Acrylic is a solid transparent plastic often known by brand names like plexiglass.
Choose your finish cartridge platter and more.
All of our turntables come with a standard felt mat included.
I would recommend the cork mat for no other reason that it supposedly helps with static.
I purchased a hudson hifi acrylic mat which fixed all of my issues at once.
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The orbit comes with the choice of either a basic mdf platter or an acrylic platter.
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.
Without a mat the orbit had a propensity to skip where it hadn t before.
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The orbit s tonearm is optimized for use with a thick platter mat.
That said many folks prefer using no mat with the acrylic platter.
Acrylic s high density and low stiffness helps the platter trap and dissipate vibrat.
Some folks with acrylic platters prefer to forego the mat and instead place their records directly on the acrylic which is totally fine.
Model has acrylic platter ortofon om5e and arm lifter.
Mdf medium density fiberboard is a wood composite material made by binding wood fibers together with heat and pressure.
I recommend trying both and going with whichever sounds best to you i ended up preferring using a mat with mine.
Our acrylic platter is a full pound heavier which translates into improved speed consistency 0 125 wow flutter compared to 0 175 for mdf.
That said the at91b isn t bad.
Listened to a u turn orbit at my son in law s tonight.
Upgrade your orbit s mdf platter to acrylic for improved speed consistency and detail.
The orbit s arm is optimized for use with a 1 8 thick mat.
If you have a pre amp you don t need another though u turn s preamp does appear to be very well regarded.
I contacted uturn audio about the need for a mat with my acrylic platter and this was their response.
I used their cork mat for a long time but could discern a muffling of certain frequencies with it as opposed to no mat.
