Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?

Sadly, the opportunity to hear live musicians playing music is dramatically reduced in the Washington DC area, and I imagine it is reduced in most American cities of note. Thanks to the pandemic for that. We used to attend concerts or clubs for live music once or twice a month. I’d guess we’ve done it 2-3 times in the past 18 months. Two of our favorite jazz clubs have shut down permanently.


tom and tomic, your exchange reminds me of a long article on rational thought and discourse that appeared in the New Yorker in the last 3 weeks.

Thank you for the response Jim! I'll PM you.

These days, he's not widely recognized. Surely not a "fringe company"

Making a Claim about the Proprietor of the Company or their History in the HiFi Industry is something I did not refer to.
I am very up to date on the Companies Products and the History of the Proprietor.

I did make a statement about the Companies Position in the Market
Fringe Company - Not Part of the Mainstream - Peripheral - At the Extreme, I think I am reasonably accurate with this assessment.

I have no objection to how or where a person spends their hard earned cash, my storage boxes are full of unused items from such spending.

In saying that though, Long-Term buried and very difficult to find Rothwell Attenuators, once found, proved to be a very valuable reintroduction recently, especially the -15db.

@lewm yes, sadly the steady diet has diminished big time… 

I am a fan of New Yorker ;-) My lovely has the digital subscription… so i benefit….and The Economist in the same breath.

@lewm , I saw Tower of Power at the Hampton Beach Casino three weeks ago. As good as ever but not the best sound system. Not a situation you would want to use as a standard but their current singer has the largest lungs I have ever heard. Guy can belt out a tune for sure. Saw Wilco 2 weeks ago. Jeff Tweedy is a piece of work. Better sound system but but still not suitable to use as a standard to evaluate Hi Fi sound.
@atmasphere , Was that you talking or someone else? I certainly could not have said it better. It seems to have gone in one eye and out the other. Can you please tell me what tomwh is talking about? 
The only thing I care to add is that mass does not provide isolation from low frequency disruptions like foot falls and environmental rumble. It will diminish higher frequency pollution. To get rid of low frequency noise you take the rigid platter, tonearm, cartridge sub chassis and hang it from springs tuned to a very low frequency or place it on something like a MinusK platform. 
@tomwh , you are entitled to believe whatever you want, whatever that is.