When does analog compete with digital?

Jferreir,
As to isolation being a final tweak or a basic setup issue, it depends on your environment. It is not only speaker noise which matters. Buildings have resonance. Some of it is earthbound, some of it is how buildings react to outside elements. Some of it is how buildings turn noise in one place into vibration in other places. Part of it depends on where you live. If you live in the countryside on the eastern seaboard, far from roads, you may have little worry. If you live in a city, or in a region affected by earthquakes, you will find that buildings tend to resonate slightly most of the time. It is kind of creepy.

As for online resources, check the FAQs on Audioasylum.com, Also, if you find conflicting information on these resources, raise the question about which should be trusted on Audiogon or over at Audioasylum. How does a newbie become an expert? Practice.

In regard to isolation. A turntable is the most sensitive component in the whole system.

When people say that isolation should be addressed last, it is because they probably don't have a turntable.

If your room sits on a concrete slab then that helps alot. If it has a suspended floor then a wall shelf would most likely work better.

After you finished 2 bottles of Barolo!

Macdadtexas,

It looks like the 2012 M5 will be approaching that sub 4 second mark!

BTW..although I am born and bred New Orleans, my Alma Mater is in a town 300 miles northeast of here named Tuscaloosa. You folks in Texas may be a little familiar with it. I can't, therefore, in good faith agree with your kind gesture of "Geaux Tigers".

Roll Tide Roll,

Pepe

Cajun P, best college football game I have ever been to:

Auburn vs Alabama in the mid '90's. Great fans, great stadium, great rivalry, great sporting event. Very tough tickets to get, too.