Halcyonics under my tt. Wow

Ummm... If it's a US-based product, the weak dollar has nothing to do with its cost in the US, except insofar as the makers may feel free to ask a lot of dollars for their products, since foreign buyers will not be terribly deterred, and except where the suppliers of parts for construction are not US-based. The latter may indeed be a factor in cost, so I guess you have a point. But the exchange rates would not be the main cause for a price of $8000 vs an audio market friendly price, like say $2500.

Lewm, Halcyonic is not a US company, it is German. The initial price several years ago was $7800 for the Model One. See: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/he2005/4.html although I do remember a price in the $6500 range.

The US importer hoped to get a lower price to increase sales, but that never proved possible. This is why I am so unhappy that this outstanding device is so beyond being an option of most audiophiles.

The Halcyonics Mod-1 appears to have a resonant freq of around 0.5 Hz. Am I missing something?

I think I am the one who suggested, some years ago on this site, that the Halcyonics table would outperform all the various vibration damping devices sold to audiophiles. My experience with it was in my work where we were using a pool of mercury as a level reference reflector, and we were troubled by ripples on the mercury surface. The Halcyonics cleared up the ripples. No other kind of vibration control came close.