Norm, I had dinner last night with Fred Crowder and he allows that you two never did any A-Bs of the Mana vs the Machina Dynamica at his place and went on to say that the Machina Dynamica worked wonderfully under his transport, but did not work under the Lindemann, probably on account that it weighed three times as much as his 12lb transport, a G&D Transforms modified Pioneer. Regarding the Neuance shelves they certainly are not a panacea, but worked well under the Lindemann.
Isolation Platform - to be or not to be for CDP?
Right now, I am restricted to a fairly sturdy all wood cabinet to house my equipment. I was considering a custom mapleshade 2" platform to be supported by metal inserts or dowels to go under my CDP. Is this a worthwhile (~$200) investment given the type of cabinet. Eventually I will go to a better rack but that is probably at least several months out on the horizon. Any advice, as always, is greatly appreciated.