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RE: Initial experience with Millennium CD mat

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In Reply to: RE: Initial experience with Millennium CD mat posted by Awe-d-o-file on September 30, 2008 at 10:36:54

The jury�s still out on that one. Since I posted earlier, I�ve encountered a couple instances in which the mat spun in the tray for a few seconds and my Marantz 8001 wouldn�t read the disc. This concerns me, but after carefully centering the Millennium, the disc played just fine and all the benefits of the mat were in full evidence.

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RE: Initial experience with Millennium CD mat - Awe-d-o-file 15:34:01 09/30/08 (2)
I think some transports are more friendly to mats than others. Certainly some mats are easier to properly affix than others as well. My transport likes the original large white grungebuster most. I think that is because it is thin in the center area where the disc is grabbed by the player. The key with a mat is how the clamp grabs the disc. I've gotten some positive benefit from all of them. That said I'm not using a mat now. Quite frankly since there are no transports/parts for my player I feel there is a risk I don't want to take anymore. My original GB is getting long in the tooth and doesn't affix as well as it once did and it was always "challenging" to properly center. GB 2.2 and Black hole are easy to affix but my player doesn't like them. I think thickness is an issue. It spit out a 2.2 inside the player I had to fish out and the Black hole plus a black topped disc almost never reads. I also think the performance was best with the original large white mat.......in my player (Trivista) anyway.

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- I can understand your trepidation about using CD mats. - Norm 06:56:06 10/01/08 (1)
  Unlike Andy, I have had no problems with my drawer cd server nor with my top loading sacd player, which has a puck. On the drawer unit, I do take care to center the Millennium over the cd, and often find I have to slide the mat to the side to remove it from the disc after I have played it.
  
  I think the .3mm thick Millennium is the thinnest mat I have had. It also weighs nothing.
  - never had a prob using the mat w/ my CDSA -- nt. - rhyno 17:33:20 10/01/08 (0)
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