mats - felt, rubber, cork, "funk", or beer?

[robert_cyrus]

hi
does anyone have experience of turntable mats?
now the interspace is on its way out, my replacement has an acrylic platter - is there any benefit to be had in adding a 3rd party mat? or shall i just leave as is?
thanks
robert

 

[Chea Johndle]

BEER..... it's the only solution...

 

[lordsummit]

Mine has a vinyl platter, sounds great to me. Wouldn't mess around unless you're getting excessive noise. I quite like not having a mat, it's handy not to have to keep rescuing the damn thing