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[SnowmaNick]

I think we’re going about this backwards. It’s only 1,381 Kuwaiti Dinar’s.

I’m fact, I think that’s how I’ll start sharing prices about audio now. Especially with my better-half.

 

[Joe Mac]

I think we’re going about this backwards. It’s only 1,381 Kuwaiti Dinar’s.

I’m fact, I think that’s how I’ll start sharing prices about audio now. Especially with my better-half.

Or just say 6 billion Canadian dollars, everyone knows that’s like 50p

 

[MikeH]

Or just say 6 billion Canadian dollars, everyone knows that’s like 50p

I find if you use the word "loonies" nobody takes you seriously so it lessens the blow.

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

 

[MikeH]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

i think you have to use the stickers to get it to work properly. it was my impression that it has to be attached to the platter to work properly. i think @AnthonyI has one too though so he may know better?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

Like it would adhere to your platter?

 

[HiFi Guy]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

Stickers come with the mat. You need to use them. The instructions show the pattern to arrange them in. Congrats! I love my Achromat.

 

[HiFi Guy]

Like it would adhere to your platter?

Correct.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Correct.

Ack!

 

[SnowmaNick]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

I have used the stickers on my VPI, and haven’t on my other two tables. Can’t say I noticed a difference.

 

[Joe Mac]

i think you have to use the stickers to get it to work properly. it was my impression that it has to be attached to the platter to work properly. i think @AnthonyI has one too though so he may know better?

Funk suggest that you should use them but there are plenty of reports out there of people not using them. I probably would if I had one.

Like it would adhere to your platter?

Yeah with those 3M double sided tape dot things. By all accounts they come off easy enough without too much persuasion and any residue disappears with some white spirits.

 

[MikeH]

Like it would adhere to your platter?

yea--the idea, as i understand it, is that the mat is made up of similar characteristics to a record, so the vibrations transferred to the record on playback are dissipated into the mat easily. i really like mine--got an open box one from MD.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Funk suggest that you should use them but there are plenty of reports out there of people not using them. I probably would if I had one.



Yeah with those 3M double sided tape dot things. By all accounts they come off easy enough without too much persuasion and any residue disappears with some white spirits.

Why’s it always got to be the white spirits with you, @Joe Mac ???

 

[Joe Mac]

Why’s it always got to be the white spirits with you, @Joe Mac ???

Touché!

I was using them this morning when changing the ear pads on my headphones!

 

[Nee Lewman]

Touché!

I was using them this morning when changing the ear pads on my headphones!

A drop for the headphones, a shot for Joe… rinse lather repeat

 

[HiFi Guy]

Ack!

I’d rather use the stickers than have the possibly of the mat slipping.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’d rather use the stickers than have the possibly of the mat slipping.

I hear you and it doesn’t sound so bad from @Joe Mac’s description.

What we need to do is just coat an acrylic platter in vinyl. Sell them for $3000 a pop and retire.

 

[AnthonyI]

Hey all! Finally pulled the trigger on a Funk Firm Achromat. Before I give it a spin, for those of you who own one, did you use the adhesive stickers that came with it? Isn’t entirely clear if they’re an option, or always supposed to be used with the mat.

Yes you do need to use them, there is one thing though. On the 1200/1210 G for instance, the platter surface is solid, flat, but on the GR, there is a recess to the platter, so it has a small lip, meaning, the dots as indicated aren't going to make contact with the platter, If I remember correctly, this was also the case with the PLX 1000.

That said, if your not dealing with that particular problem, then yes, use the dots

 

[Joe Mac]

Yes you do need to use them, there is one thing though. On the 1200/1210 G for instance, the platter surface is solid, flat, but on the GR, there is a recess to the platter, so it has a small lip, meaning, the dots as indicated aren't going to make contact with the platter, If I remember correctly, this was also the case with the PLX 1000.

That said, if your not dealing with that particular problem, then yes, use the dots

I think that’s why they used to make a version of the 5mm mat for just the mark II-VII and GR, and derivatives, which has since been replaced by the APM? They have a chamfered edge. The only technics the standard 5mm is supposed to fit is the G?

 

[Mather]

I hear you and it doesn’t sound so bad from @Joe Mac’s description.

What we need to do is just coat an acrylic platter in vinyl. Sell them for $3000 a pop and retire.

The platter on my Pro-Ject is actually just that. Not acrylic but it is coated in vinyl. Apparently.