Decoupling platforms make a significant improvement with an unsprung TT like the Scout, even when the TT is solidly sited on a cement floor or on a wall mount. The only hypothesis I can think of to explain why a decoupling platform helps in these instances, is that in addition to decoupling from external room vibrations, the plaform acts to transfer internal vibration from stylus, plinth & motor into benign LF motion. There are probably very few hard-composition platforms that don't reflect internally generated vibration back into the TT. I suggest trying $50 worth of McMaster Carr springs under the Scout in the manner of my DIY plaform. I can think of no decoupling system other than springs with the ability to discharge energy as benign LF oscillations. Even air bladders cannot achieve this.
I know a Scout owner who successfully used a spring platform with his TT on a wall mount, and an AC Raven owner who noted improvement even on solid cement floors. The problem with this approach is it's too cheap for audiophiles to take seriously, and it isn't as aethetically satisfying as splitting hairs over the properties of exotic hardwoods.
I know a Scout owner who successfully used a spring platform with his TT on a wall mount, and an AC Raven owner who noted improvement even on solid cement floors. The problem with this approach is it's too cheap for audiophiles to take seriously, and it isn't as aethetically satisfying as splitting hairs over the properties of exotic hardwoods.