The usual felt mats enable gentle contact between the plate and the plate, but have problems with electrostatic charging. This can lead to the accumulation of dust on the mat and record. The dampening effect is also limited, which can be particularly problematic with metal turntables. Thick rubber mats usually provide too much dampening and also prevent electrostatic charges from dissipating from the plate, which leads to audibly more crackling and cracking. Our founding year in 1998 – long after vinyl was declared dead and long before vinyl was celebrated as a cool thing again – proves that we are real vinyl nerds. We started out as a small record dealer from home. Later we opened our first real record store and of course our own online shop. Everything out of passion and always with the.