Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable

Not sure if you're apologizing for your inability, or that of your system, in not being resolving enough to differentiate between the sound of the materials. 

@slaw Yup. 10". Seems to work fine with the overhang. I wanted to get the Resomat but he's retired from making them.

@bpoletti yes but it is the wood that makes it sluggish. Try the stillpoints on granite blocks..I beg you!! And spill the beans on what you did.

@bpoletti Er... your turntable mat. You don’t have one, do ya? No Virtual System either. A few years ago, I had problems with heavy furniture under my 401. Warmth, blurring, sluggishness. I put 3 small granite block samples on the furniture top. Then placed the heavy 401 on small brass compression rings I had knocking around. Basically the turntable sat on 3 pieces of tiny decouplers which rested on the granite which rested flat on the furniture top. It totally cleaned up the sound for no $. I use a different set up now but that worked for years.

All I'm REALLY trying to do is get rid of some warmth that seems to be coming from the table

Try replacing your mat with a vinyl record preferably a 10". Which is what I use.

24"x24"x3" maple block rests on small felt pads on a light open steel frame table spiked to the concrete.