I built my own Turntable and here are the results

Not even a cup of tea served on a 2-inch platter? (Sorry. Could not resist.) If the tonearm is on a cantilever, it had better be very sturdy well supported one. But a solid wood or slate or other plinth wherein the tt chassis also resides is a good place for a tonearm to sit.

If it's Oolong tea then I will take it.

Back to separate arm pods - from Oolong, ho'.
Firstly, both the arm-pod and the tt has to be 'hard' connected to the surface they stand on - plus it better a as level as it gets.
Now you have the issue with platter and arm-pod standing un-damped on a hard surface --- not so good at all, or?

The hard-connected tt will need to stand on some pretty well functioning damping platform, so does the motor too, and the arm-pod? - Too - and separately damped?! This starts too look pretty tricky now.

I think this separation-scheme is looking for trouble, never mind just getting pushed over or only just moved out of alignment. And nothing said about the motor-pod yet, standing on the same resonating slab as the arm pod?!

Greetings,

"I think this separation-scheme is looking for trouble, never mind just getting pushed over or only just moved out of alignment."

You can always check if the oolong tea is shaking in the cup to check for misalignment.

All jokes aside, I completely agree. Trouble, trouble. But then again, what fun is it if we audiophiles are not trouble makers? :-)

The armboard on the Continuum Criterion turntable uses, I believe, magnetic separation. I wonder how that sounds compare to just rigid coupling...