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

I echo Lewm's comments re the Helix TTs.
Mark Doehmann's design is innovative and unique. Way cool. I have heard them a number of times and they are exceptional.
I have also met Mark twice. He is totally open to sharing his extensive knowledge about TTs and the industry in general. A true gentleman.

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Yes, while Mark and I have taken significantly different paths in our designs, we both agree on the fundamentals. We just approached them from different perspectives.

Dear ct, with your ''cheap TT's argument'' you are actually strengthening my  which was ''don't mess with TT's''. This
than should be ''don't mess with cheap TT's''. 

@nandric 
Nikola.
I never used the words "cheap TT's". You did, and it changes the meaning.

To the idler fan (the subject of this thread is about an idler); there is "hidden" "intrinsic" value in what is acquired for this small sum of money .....if.

that person has the means to transport the "mechanical's", into another "body" (plinth).

Idlers bring unique challenges to Audiophile projects.

Dear ct, one can express the same thought with different words.
So persistence  on ''exactly  used words'' will not do ; meaning 
can't be nailed to specific words. Otherwise our memory would be
the same as by computers. 
Also the valuation of expression ''cheap'' may differ among
nations. The English saying is: ''I am not rich to bay cheap stuff''. 
My own is the usual understanding of this word. I as you deed
not emigrated from former Yugoslavia to the West for ''cheap
things''. On the contrary (grin). Check my carts collection!