Hexmat Eclipse - The Best Platter Mat for Your Turntable?

Hexmat Eclipse Review:

Back in 2020, Hungarian innovators HEXMAT turned the platter mat market on its head with the truly unique Yellow Bird record isolator. The new Eclipse model promises further improvements on the initial concept. Can it deliver? Sound Matters put the HEXMAT Eclipse through its paces.

Most platter mats focus on dampening and controlling resonance by coupling the record to the platter or mat as closely as possible. The HEXMAT designs work on the opposite theory. The original Yellow Bird brought the record contact surface area close to zero. (Just 1-2 square millimeters, to be exact).

The new Eclipse design seeks to improve on the initial Yellow Bird concept.

According to HEXMAT, the surface area is reduced further thanks to the "specially embedded spheres". Each raised contact point is hand-finished by the designer, Zsolt Fajt himself to ensure high-quality control.

The main body is a 2mm thick polymer that feels significantly more rigid than the original Yellow Bird. Despite this, both mats are 3mm thick in overall size, meaning you can easily upgrade from the YellowBird to the Eclipse without adjusting the VTA (vertical tracking angle) of your turntable.

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