Turntable Mats for Technics Grand Class, "G" Series

I would like to try the Luxman mat but it’s a lot of money if I do not like it. 

Why does the mat have to be glued to the platter? Seems to me you’re better off with nothing between mat and platter, for best energy transfer.

@lewm It depends on the platter pad to some extent. But the pad, if its doing its job properly, is damping the platter as well as the LP.

To do that it must be the same hardness (durometer) as the LP, and then have damping properties so all the energy coming from the LP as its being played is absorbed with none reflected back.

I don't disagree with anything you wrote about the desired function of a mat, but my question was why does the mat have to be glued to the platter?  The glue itself forms a boundary between the mat and the platter, which may or may not reflect energy back into the mat. Further, if as you suggest, the mat is damping the platter, that is all the more reason for not having any physical boundary, like glue, between the two. So I was just curious why you stipulate that the mat needs to be glued to the platter.

I'm done taping and gluing down mats.  I did that with the Funk Firm product. Never again. 

“….Denon DP80 mat is superior to the Technics mats?"

technics mats have less contact area to the vinyl record surface comparing to dp80. also technics mat's pattern does not work well with additional weight.. also, rubber itself seems is a bit finer in dp80 mat..