I was the importer for the original Rock turntable. When I visited Absolute Sound I met with an engineer who did transcription of vinyl for the movie industry. He would transfer the record to tape via a Rock turntable. I asked him why he was using the Rock and not some other fantastically expensive turntable, since he had no budget restrictions. His answer was," No table can recreate accurate bass like the Rock"
I not only had to agree with him but added that the background noise level drops to nothing when using the damping trough. I recognized this immediately when I first heard the table at the CES show in Chicago.