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I had the same experience with a DD table.

Posted by beach cruiser on November 23, 2022 at 12:14:40:
I had a well regarded ( at the time) Kenwood with a vestigial turntable mat, and a cast aluminum platter that would ring like a bell without that puny thin mat. the mat looked more like a design statement , because it had variously textured rings separated apart from each other, so that the vinyl surface was only intermittently supported, a very common approach that most have seen on generic or older platter mats.

I replaced it with a slow response rubber like plastic material mat out of France , the Bumpa Mat, that had some diagrams of frequency patterns on the front of the box, with explanations I couldn't read.
But it was being sold out of a very creditable audio store , so I bought the thing.

Really worked well, in that it gave me better clarity and a much increased bass.

It wasn't suitable for my next and upgraded player.