Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ?

Excellent comments Pani :^)

Pani
I have owned the Verdier too and have tried various setup configurations.

This may give the sound some added transparency due to the seperation but they dont sing like one. The coherency is affected, I have tried it first hand.

Did I read on here in the past that you owned a Nouvelle Verdier ?

IMO/IME it’s very easy to fall into the trap of listening to "sounds" (Audiophile), rather than the flow of the music created by the musicians (Music Lover). I have been in these phases. fwiw - they (phases), imo can be very therapeutic especially during difficult times. But it becomes about the gear, and not the music anymore.

Now that linked table is a naked design; meaning all parts easily accessible. To the "ever wanting change" vinyl audiophile - it is crack. I resisted change with it, and spent time on setup with dialogue from its maker-designer. May he rest in piece.

Pani - I think your personal experience answers the question in your original post quite well ?

Cheers

It’s a little bit difficult to isolate (no pun intended) the vibration caused by airborne Acousitc Waves from the vibration caused by mechanical vibration including seismic type vibration without making some rather elaborate arrangements. But if you could I’m confident you would find that low frequency seismic vibration of the type produced by Earth crust motion, traffic, subways, etc. is by far the worst offender as regards exciting the resonance of tonearm, platter and cartridge, all of which have resonant frequencies around 10-12 Hz or thereabout, well below the lowest frequencies almost all high end audio systems are capable of producing. So, the solution for Verdier and other high mass designs is high performance (very low resonant frequency) seismic isolation. The airborne stuff, by comparison, is relatively inconsequential IMHO.

geoff kait
Machina Dynamica

The airborne stuff, by comparison, is relatively inconsequential IMHO.

Correct Geoff..

It is unimportant whether the vibration is occurring at a resonant frequency or not- its vibration either way- just more of it if its at a resonant frequency.

It really doesn’t matter much to me if people wish to create a fantasy parallel universe in which the laws of physics, evidence and data don’t exist. Audiophiles are renowned for indulging in such shenanigans.
But when some, proffer nonsense as ’fact’ without a skerick of scientific evidence and insist that we swallow it as gospel.....it begins to matter.

Halcro
Can you please explain how we can hear and clearly understand someone talking on the other side of a closed window?
Horrid music, which sounds like a broken washing machine, coming thru the walls of my sons bedroom?

Err...perhaps you should read my post again?
Or does "Transmission" not mean the same thing in New Zealand?

If air-borne sound pressure is a problem in the turntable playback system, then every increase in volume would of necessity degrade the sound.
Correct.

The defence rests....😎