Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?

Mijostyn  I want  to get a degree in vibration  from the school you went to.  To be able to know proofs without testing or research  could save a person alot of time.  Miller carbon at  least  brings up the many variables , known and unknown  , which are in play.  

You need to talk to Lewm and / or read  reviews on the RS lab tonearm.  It breaks your wild quesses to dead.  Is it the best?  Who knows which cart system etc...  

You might want to read tomic 601 posts.  He refers to alot of the issues on this forum.  Hasty generalization  is one of them.  You will have to know what that means, as  he defines it quite  eloquently.   He also brings up,  know your guru's  taste  in music reproduction.  My own research  has shown me most people  have not had enough exposure  and or interest  in what real music  sound like to even begin to evaluate  a system.  You can have  100 degrees  in engineering,  mechanics , physics  and be tone deaf.  The Ad copy  guys can write anything.  The engineers can tell the ad copy guys whatever.

So we are  back to try the gizmo or make your own.  Then you  will know first hand if you like it or not.  Then you will know ,in your system,  if it get you closer  to what YOU want.  So even if that is not  what real music sounds like who cares.  If it makes you happy  thats all that matters.

Ralph, Have you had any hands-on experience with the Rega P10?  I am no Rega fanboy, but I find the approach taken in their flagship TT to be very interesting:  Super low mass plinth made of materials that are not likely to store energy efficiently and of low enough mass also to further reduce energy storage, but with a rigid beam connecting the base of the tonearm mount to the bearing assembly.  I'd like to hear it.

@tomwh thx. I do rebel against Van Morrison; No Guru, No Method, No Teacher. I do have a sensei. Every now and then i snatch the pebble….

i don’t think there is anything wrong with goal seeking around pleasure - my belief is the SET camp is hopelessly colored yet incredibly addictive audio tone color crack…. 

I think Ralph makes a very excellent, nuanced and hyper esoteric and yes ultimately expensive point. A steady diet of acoustic live music recorded w minimal devices in the chain in natural reverberant space while witnessing the event becomes the reference and a tool for discernment…

as close as many will get and Of note is Water Lilly, Vandersteen ( 2 discs ), any number of the D2D labels, Opus3, Wilson Audiophile, and Lederman : Direct Grace. 

This allows discernment and the ability to  hear where in the chain it all goes to @#$&*&$#@.

hard to do right ? Maybe..

I do plan a Cellist at next listening party. I have a Zoom6 mini recorder….. what will we hear ? i also have a cold cathode preamp on the way w variable bias ( thd ), so same listening panel can vote on the distortion flavor profile they like….

fun

@boxer12 Hi Tim - The wizardry of Glen Croft in the UK - Croft RIAA - RS rare single chassis model chock ablock full of Nos tubes from Andy of Vintage Tube Services in Michigan…near you.

I can send it to you, it gets a winter nap here….

I am no Rega fanboy, but I find the approach taken in their flagship TT to be very interesting: Super low mass plinth made of materials that are not likely to store energy efficiently and of low enough mass also to further reduce energy storage, but with a rigid beam connecting the base of the tonearm mount to the bearing assembly. I'd like to hear it.

@lewm I'm not a fan of Rega either, but that plinth design sounds like what I'm talking about.