Replacement Mat

[guitarman50]

I was considering replacing my stock felt mat on my Rega with a Ringmat or something like that. Can anyone tell me if it really makes much of a difference? For a bit of an experiment I took the felt mat off the turntable and played an LP right on the glass. I really couldn't hear any difference. Of course I only did it for one song. Maybe I need to do this for a variety of records.
The felt mat was giving me some grief by sticking to the records and causing static. Its strange though it seemed to do it mainly through the humid weather and now that its a bit dryer the static is very low.

 

[mfrench]

I no longer have a rega, but, I used a piece of Foamie craft store foam as a platter mat. I trace-cut the platter diameter with a razor blade pulled along the outside edge of the glass, and used a piece of brass pipe to cut the center hole (worked like a cookie cutter).
I then took some thin two sided tape and put it on the glass platter at 12, 3, 6, and 9o'clock positions to secure the foam.
It worked really well, and cost a whole $1