Felt mat or AR Turntable

Musikdoc,are you implying I cant hear? Are you one of the pricks that was causing such a hard time for audiogon a couple months ago.Tell you what Doc,I'll make you a rimgmat and sell it to you for 88 cents but you wont get the fancy packaging.I bet it will be as good as the $80 dollar one but since it will only cost you 88 cents probably wont sound as good to your golden ears.Hey are you a real Dr.? Then you must know how to give S.S.E.'s.Works good for cleaning out the ears too,DOC!

Don't know if they're made anymore but for years I used an Audioquest sorbothane mat on my Linn. Worked real good...

I interchange three mats,depending on the different music styles, engineering,or just plain mood i'm in. felt, old fulton sorbo type, and yes, a ring mat. buddy got one for 80-90 bucks. laughed myself silly,until he brought it over.not gonna debate better but did great things with high-mids and highs. snappy tightened up lows, on my equiptment.(ERA table/fulton arm/grado plat ref) would never pay that kinda green, but i did do some tradin and have the option of using or not. go felt, but don't limit yourself.