Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading?

Ralph, I have Boston Audio graphite mat on my Nottingham Spacedeck, and the difference with original felt mat is quite big.

This thread is not about my set up. I my case, I would have to upgrade the table first and then the rest, so it's good enough for now.

I don’t use a platter pad. Well, maybe I do. It’s a 70mm POM platter pad sitting on a 15mm stainless steel platter. Right @mulveling? 

Dwette,

You have a platter that is designed to transfer the vibrations imparted in the record by the stylus tracking the groove, precisely how Atmasphere described.  POM was chosen because it matches the characteristics of vinyl so energy is transferred readily from the record to the platter instead of being reflected back at the boundary.

A clamping system can further improve the transfer of energy, but whether this will improve the sound is a matter of system synergy and personal raste.

@larryi 

A clamping system can further improve the transfer of energy, but whether this will improve the sound is a matter of system synergy and personal raste.

I have the Clearaudio Statement clamp and outer limit ring, and it does sound better to use them.