A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Nikola,
If cats only have seven lives in Holland and you need a few extra lives out of your cat, you need to import some from the USA where they have nine.

Dear Ct, Henry, and anyone else who is disturbed by my occasional digs at your approach to tonearm mounting: Believe me when I say you have my blessings in whatever you do, and I enjoy reading about the construction of the various pods. The fact that I have not tried it and may never try it is not a sign that I am a troglodyte; it merely shows that my plate is very full with other projects that have to take precedence, not to mention going to work every day. Altho you know quite well my theoretical objections to arm pods, which are largely the same as Dertonearm's, I am sure that an outboard arm pod can sound perfectly wonderful. I also think all of us can tolerate much more in the way of imperfections in our music reproduction than any of us cares to admit, so I doubt I would hear it if my arm pod were to "walk" a few mm in one direction or another with respect to my tt. I am very happy with what I have in the way of tt's right now.

Nandric, Did you tell me that you own a Kuzma 4-point tonearm? After reading Fremer's review, I am interested in that device.

Dear Lewm & Daniel,
We are all thick-skinned enough to take the occasional barb :^)
I started this thread because of my surprise at the results of both the 'nude' DD turntable approach and the isolated 'armpods'.
They far exceeded my expectations and the implementation of both approaches is relatively easy for others to try.
So far, we have seen no negative responses from anyone who has actually sampled the approach but we have several 'naysayers' who haven't?
It seems rather odd to be offering opinions based on 'theories' when the 'proof of the pudding' is so easily abled to be sampled?
Rather like commenting on a cartridge without having heard it?:^)

If this advice follows the logic of Rauls recommendations
( not p but q)some of us will get fantastic arm pods for cheap. My only worry is the high cost of postage from Australia to Europe.
T_bone, Everything seems to be better in the USA. This of course apply also to the cats.

Regards,

Dear Lew, I expected some euphoria about the victory of your galleons. But instead your are chalenging my nationalistic feelings. Slovenia and Kuzma are my ex brothers and I already own Kuzma's TT. There are boundaries to any kind of tolerance,you know.
But If Kuzma offered one for free as a token of our reconciliation I am willing to (re) consider my tolerance.

Regards,