@lewm , Thank you. I was getting cross eyed.
@bdlitzer , you are right about issue. Isolating the turntable from vibration and turning into heat as fast as possible is the right approach to turntable design.
All of the best turntable sound exactly like nothing. They do not add or subtract anything and they block any extraneous vibration from getting to the cartridge either through the platter or through the tonearm. The turntable and tonearm also have to totally dissipate the vibration coming from the stylus. If you put you ear to the cartridge while playing a record you should here nothing.