Acrylic is a solid transparent plastic often known by brand names like plexiglass.
													
																	Uturn orbit acrylic no mat. 
									
	
		
	
																	Built to order to your specifications. 
																	The orbit comes with the choice of either a basic mdf platter or an acrylic platter. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	5 shop our favorite records picked by the u turn team shop records. 
																	Choose your finish cartridge platter and more. 
																	K4rstar oct 4 2017 164. 
																	When i had an orbit the felt mat sounded worse than just the acrylic platter. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	I used their cork mat for a long time but could discern a muffling of certain frequencies with it as opposed to no mat. 
																	Our acrylic platter is a full pound heavier which translates into improved speed consistency 0 125 wow flutter compared to 0 175 for mdf. 
																	If you do upgrade something the cartridge is a good place to start. 
																	Highly recommend doing that until u turn comes out with a 3mm thicker. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	That said the at91b isn t bad. 
																	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. 
																	But it looks amazing. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The orbit s arm is optimized for use with a 1 8 thick mat. 
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																	Listened to a u turn orbit at my son in law s tonight. 
																	Some folks with acrylic platters prefer to forego the mat and instead place their records directly on the acrylic which is totally fine. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Mdf medium density fiberboard is a wood composite material made by binding wood fibers together with heat and pressure. 
																	Without a mat the orbit had a propensity to skip where it hadn t before. 
																	If you have a pre amp you don t need another though u turn s preamp does appear to be very well regarded. 
																	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. 
																	Model has acrylic platter ortofon om5e and arm lifter. 
																	That said many folks prefer using no mat with the acrylic platter. 
																	I purchased a hudson hifi acrylic mat which fixed all of my issues at once.