A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Raul makes a reasonable point.
Whilst it is in our 'audiophile' nature to be skeptical and delve into philosophical discussions regarding our understanding of the playback system, there has not been one report from those who have actually tried the isolated armpod, which casts doubt on it's benefits?
In the interests of proper discussion it would be worthwhile if anyone has had contrary experience, for them to hopefully contribute their findings in this Forum?
In the absence of any dissenting personal experience, it is hard to accept seriously, the views of the naysayers?
And I know Lew.........too many question marks? :^)

Dear Halcro: Way before we go into the tonearm isolated/stand alone arm boards some TT manufacturers already had in their designs like: Red Point, Kuzma, Galibier, etc, etc.

My point here is that I can't remember any single post against/questioning these commercial turntables with stand alone/isolated arm boards.
It was till we " amateurs " bring the subject at this forum when all the " enemies " arrive: well the audio world is something " weird " for say the least.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Raul,
If you look at the original marketing materials for the Kenwood L-07D from almost 30 years ago, you will find a clear 'explanation' against having the arm base be dis-connected from the bearing mount of the turntable. A similar explanation is in some of the original marketing materials in Japanese for the Exclusive P3. In fact, the P3's construction is not terribly different than some of the 'armpod' implementations. What some of the philosophical 'naysayers' bring up as an objection is not necessarily the lack of bulk-cladding (plinth) around the motor OR a heavy armpod. The philosophical issue some of us have is that of putting an isolation layer between the motor bearing and the arm bearing.

In the design of your arm, I imagine you are not going to put an isolation buffer between the armwand and the bearing - that would strike you as less than optimal, and not even worth testing. Some of us feel, perhaps to our detriment, that an isolation layer between motor bearing and arm bearing is not much different.

I meant to say in the previous comment that the P3's construction is not terribly different than some of the 'armpod' implementations of some of the people who have presented on this thread. The difference would be in how the armpod is connected to the surface beneath it.

Dear T_bone,
Go on........try it. You know you want to :^)
You have the TTs ( a plethora)...I provided a recipe for a cheap armpod.....you have the arms.....and you really want to prove it doesn't work. You're the perfect candidate.......well, you AND Lewm....to be converted?
Imagine the mental exercise to be enjoyed IF.........your ears tell you something your brain cannot yet compute? :^)