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What do you get when you cross The Black Hole CD Mat with a Millenium CD Mat and Herbie's original grungebuster CD Mat? |
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With super-thin carbon fiber top and soft medical-grade silicone on the bottom, the Super Black Hole improves the best features of the best CD mats and takes disc playback to a new plateau of high performance.
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Unlike the Millennium CD mat that slides around on discs, The Super Black Hole's silicone layer clings to the disc and stays put until you remove it. While the Millennium CD mat does a great job sonically, it sometimes lacks compared to the full-spectrum dynamics provided by the Super Black Hole. A firm, intimate contact works better than a disc just laying on top, plus the silicone layer adds superior vibration-absorbing ability.
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Unlike The Black Hole, the Super Black Hole does not use adhesive, so it can be perpetually transferred from one disc to another--forever! The rigid carbon fiber layer keeps the mat flat and firm.
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Unlike the original full-size grungebuster CD mat, the Super Black Hole does not tend to catch air pockets under it and, with its smaller size, is easier to place on the disc. (We discovered years ago that a smaller mat that simply addresses the clamping/disc interface and hub area of the CD provides superior results).
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Herbie's hand-made Super Black Hole is compatible with most drawer, horizontal slot-loading, and top-loading CD, SACD, DVD, and Blu-ray players (not recommended for vertical slot-loaders).
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2" diameter (50.8mm) by .024" (0.6mm) thick. Weight: 0.8 gram (0.03 oz.)
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Super Black Hole CD Mat: $3250 ea.
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 Walt Disney DVD, with The Black Hole in the center |
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The Black Hole CD Mat is a hubcap-style mat with pressure-sensitive adhesive, designed to be kept permanently on an individual disc to avoid having to apply and reapply a mat with each use. The mat is removable, however, so it can be auditioned from one disc to another.
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The Black Hole CD Mat primarily affects digital conversion and analog stages of playback by reducing vibrations at the disc/clamp interface that are generated by disc spin. Without this interface being damped effectively, acute micro-vibrations travel through solid materials and permeate throughout the player, causing distortions in capacitors, op-amps, and other sensitive electronic parts. Stray laser reflections might also be reduced. In-house testing indicates much of the audible improvement is due to improved ambient soundwave phase relations.
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The Black Hole CD Mat helps your player deliver the mid/upper detail resolution that it's engineered to do, without grunge and glare. Brings out a well-defined bass that's true to the source, great timbre and sonic texture. In most systems, using the mat reveals more subtle nuance and details, some of which may have been previously unheard or unheard in their true timbre. (Degree of sonic improvement varies somewhat from one component/system to another.) For use with all CD, SACD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs and players. Made with a unique carbon microfiber-filled elastomer and pure silicone adhesive.
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1.75" diameter x .021" thick. Weight: 1.1 gram.
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The Black Hole CD Mat:
$100 ea.
200 or more: $.74 ea.
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(silver edge is CD
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For trayless top-loaders only. This is a 4.25" diameter mat intended to be used over and over again, transferred from one disc to another. It has no adhesive; you just place it on top of the CD or DVD, label side, and play (requires compatible puck or clamping mechanism to hold it in place). Made with unique carbon microfiber-filled elastomer.
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.020" thick. Weight: 7.7 grams.
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$889 ea.
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grungebuster SP: For stable platter CD and DVD mechanisms. These are players that have a turntable-like platter, with the CD or DVD placed label-side down on the platter. Same as the grungebuster Black CD Mat above, with a mild pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to one side, which enables the mat to be adhered permanently to the CD platter. Just apply it once, with no need to place a mat on the CD (the mat can be removed from the platter and re-adhered at any time). Can also be used with top-loaders that have a full-CD-size clamping puck—just adhere the mat full-time to the puck or weight.
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.020" thick x 4.25" diameter. Weight: 7.9 grams.
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grungebuster SP
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90-day no-risk trial. If not satisfied, simply return any Herbie's Audio Lab product within 90 days for a complete refund.
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Lifetime warranty. If anything ever goes wrong, simply return any Herbie's Audio Lab CD Mat and it will be repaired or replaced and returned to you at no cost.
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