Hold on Guys! I have not bought one yet. I'm just going to listen. I am equally enthralled by low impedance MCs and transimpedance phono stages. Unfortunately, the price of admission is going up in leaps and bounds.
I see what the problem is with strain gauges unequalized. Most rooms create more error but that should not be an excuse.
On the other hand I am still greatly enjoying The Voice on my ARC PH3 SE. They match up well and SS guys would never know it was a tube phono stage except maybe rauliruegas who is just claire voyant and really has no idea what he is listening too:)))
I bought a large piece of Macassar Ebony which should be big enough to do the whole plinth. Should I do dovetails or finger joints? What do you think would sound better?