Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?

@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.

Hey grasshopper aka tomic601. If you can take the DHT tubes out of the SET and build a transformer coupled push/pull. Now you can rock and roll but still hear that wooden cello.

I think people make this way to hard. When the cello plays at your house you will probably FEEL HEAR a beautiful wooden string instrument. Nice full body no electronic sound no harness. You probably will not be listening for black background or air around instrument, Soundstage etc... You will be able to hear the tone, attack, has much as a cello can do, decay etc...

I guess the moral of the story is when it is all said and done weather in is high mass or low mass this profile or that , rigid or flexible etc... How does it sound when it hit my ears. So if the graph does not support my findings then I will have to support my ears. Can not hear without my ears but I can listen without looking at the graph.

The sad part is this thread did not even get to graphs . Just wild ass guesses posing as the truth. So grasshopper I will leave you with this quote I read way back then. " I do not know what I am more upset about judgmental people or my judgment of judgmental people???"

Enjoy the ride
Tom

Tom - yes, please remove the log from my eye !