Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower

That Toho stuff is fabulous.....👍
I don't believe they are still active....?
Thuchan has one of their TONEARM PODS...immensely heavy 💪
I think it is made from cast-iron 🤔
But I've never seen their turntable bases before....
That company realised that weight/mass was a critical element in the separation of turntable base and arm pods 🧐
That was also the fundamental principle espoused in my COPERNICAN THREAD nearly 10 years ago.....
And the reason I designed my arm-pods as CAST BRONZE.
HERE are the finished armpods.
What I DIDN'T appreciate at the time....was that the same principle of weight/mass applies to the TURNTABLE PLINTH 🥴
I began with a MINIMALIST PLINTH made of stainless steel as described in my NUDE TURNTABLE Thread.
After learning my lessons.....I decided to design a turntable 'cradle' out of cast Bronze or cast Iron but the prices I received were very high.
But a SOLID GRANITE CRADLE, whilst not as heavy as cast metal.....was GOOD ENOUGH and relatively affordable 🤗

I agree with @lewm about the 'beauty' of the Torqueo products....but the MASS is just not there 😢

Chak, To your knowledge, is Toho still in the business of selling those accessories? The Torqueo stuff is beautiful (like a seashell, apparently) but not as substantial as Toho’s.

@lewm
No, not anymore, they are gone.
Toho also made their strange looking tonearm with bamboo arm wand (it’s on the same picture with cast-iron bases).

@halcro 

What weight did your granite base come in at?
 

What weight did your granite base come in at?

The base weighs 18 lbs (8.1 Kg)......

The base weighs 18 lbs (8.1 Kg)......

But a SOLID GRANITE CRADLE, whilst not as heavy as cast
metal.....was GOOD ENOUGH and relatively affordable

Really - mines 68kg, and utilises SPZ which dissipates any energy between 4 and 100hz internally at a molecular level, but is completely rigid.

Granite rings like a bell due to its crystalline structure. I would not use it in a turntable.