Has anyone here tried double-stick taping the felt mat to the platter? Works great eliminating distortion caused by the mat slipping on the platter. I like the Ringmat myself. Something I learned is that when you change something -- anything -- it can and usually does affect something else. By making other adjustments, i.e. speaker placement, or what-have-you, you can get the sound you want. My room is bright anyway, so I turned down the setting on my aktiv crossovers to accomodate. YMMV.
