Clearaudio Innovation [Wood] vs Master Innovation

@dwette Think you will love the upgrade. I did the same jump and the MI is just more of everything compared to the Innovation Wood. More weight and solidity to the image and better dynamics. Maybe it's partly psychological, but the MI sounds bigger. Just fills the space with confidence. 

Thanks for the feedback @geardaddie. I remember going from the Ovation to the Innovation a couple years ago, and how much of an improvement that was, with the same tonearm and cartridge. The upgrade there had more weight, better dynamics, and lower noise floor.

Now I just have to wait for the turnable to make its way to me from Germany (several weeks?) and for HRS to build my rack (6-8 weeks).

The waiting is the hardest part. :) 

The HRS rack was also a revelation for me, and putting the MI on one of the HRS shelves is a smart move. That alone will make great improvements. You are just going to be amazed at the coming improvements. Enjoy!

The Info to follow, is maybe not the ideal solution for a Clearaudio TT user, in relation to an aesthetic, as Clearaudio do like their TT's to have a Kerb Appeal.

In terms of adding substance to the TT's design it is well worth considering, I use P'holz as a Plinth Material and more recently a Plinth/Chassis Material due to a change of design for a TT. 

Additionally, I am able to produce a range of Sub Plinth configurations with P'holz and different Footers/Tier Separators. 

Clearaudio are doing very attractive things with the Structures for their TT's. 

Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Boards that is an equivalent to Panzerholz or even P'holz itself can be acquired reasonably cheap. A Board produced to be 20mm Thick @ 500mm x 400mm is a Board that will work perfectly with any TT l know of. It will also be ideal to repurpose if the want arose and will sell very quickly if not wanted to be kept.

The trick is to use a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board, that has veneers at approx' 0.8mm or Less and the Plies are to be Cross Grain as the Structure.

The final weight of the Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board should show at close to 1400Kg/m3.   

Boards to the Dimension above can be used as a Sub Plinth - Sub Sub Plinth or even further Tiers can be added to ones Budget or liking.

Clearaudio offer a configuration where 8 x Tiers of Panzerholz can be utilised.

This suggested method also allows for the Owner of the TT to adopt their own choices for Separators between Tiers, which really does increase options on how to manage Amplitude in transit from migration of Local Ambient Energies. There is a substantial impact that can be discovered for tidying up the End Sound Produced, by using a selection of Footers in a range of configurations 

The Material in the Link is a recent discovery for myself and does help where a little thought for the aesthetic is a priority.

 REZYWOOD - gefärbtes, stabilisiertes & hochverdichtetes Ahorn Holz | Designholz     

@pindac I don't think I understand the point of your post. Are you suggesting a modification of an Innovation turntable, or adding more plinths, or creating a base to put the table on, or what?