09-21-13: Lewm
The Verdier is NOT "nude" by the original definition put forth by Halcro after Raul. (Please go back to the beginning of this thread.) Nude means or is a synonym for "no plinth". No plinth means that those who adopted the approach mounted their tt chassis' on "feet", most typically the AT616 feet, with no physical union except gravity between feet and chassis.
Of course with the "nude" approach, the shelf is the plinth, as both the TT and armpod are coupled to it, unless the feet are levitating, or you are reinventing the English language.
Furthermore Halcro's Victor motor & platter are bolted to a flimsy chassis adorned with copious electronic boards and transformers, which, in turn are attached to the new stainless steel frame.
One could argue that the flimsy chassis or the chassis and frame is the plinth in this instance.
Ironically the Verdier ( and Micro's,Melco's & Final Audio) are more naked than the pseudo nude Victor because they are not mounted in a flimsy chassis and are not adorned with electronics and other unnecessary paraphernalia.
Therefore I suggest you have misappropriated the use of the word "nude", and should find a more appropriate word to describe the not so nude Victor.
