VPI Scout upgades?

tzh21y,
That's why I want to keep it and find its potential.
I have the table on an oak base I built. Two 18'x18" x1.75" Gaskets between them...i still get feedback from a suspended hardwood floor! Lots of mass but not really working to remove vibration.

Mass won't help on a suspended hardwood floor, you need some form of decoupling at very low frequencies.  Simplest thing to try would be putting some racketball balls under your massive oak base.  You can use something like these to sit the balls in so the turntable doesn't roll off the shelf:

https://www.amazon.com/UPKOCH-Plastic-Seasoning-Dipping-Appetizer/dp/B0851BLV7X/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1...

It's cheap and effective in a lot of cases.

Biggest bang for the buck when I had my VPI Scout:  (1) MC cartridge, (2) tube phono stage/step up transformer, (3) thicker Classic/Prime platter, (4) VPI periphery ring and HRX weight, (5) Phoenix Engineering Eagle/Road Runner (Now SOTA Condor), and (6) VPI HW40 feet.

So much good info and recommendations based on real experience!