Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt

bdp24, how would you explain the fact that many like maple under their turntables? According to your point of view, this should not be the case. Anyway, this is a very old argument, mostly concerning how speakers should be made.

Inna, my guess is the sound of the wood compliments the sound of so many mc cartridges ;-). Townshend Audio Seismic Pods provide extreme isolation from whatever is under a table, making the material irrelevant. Same with the Minus K platform.

 Wood Does nothing for vibration sounds soft try Symposium Ultra Stealth. Im using on almost by entire system.However its your money wood is cheap!!

I use MM cartridge.
I also use one Walker Audio 1/2" resonance control disc placed on the maple platform next to but not touching the turntable motor. It tightens things up a little. But when I placed the second disc next to where tonearm was, it made the sound worse, though it certainly absorbed more energy. So, I still think that tuning in a general sense of the word is the way to go.

As always, ebm has the most impecable ear of us all.