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Minus k Technology BM-8 Isolation Platform

Just wondering if anyone out there is using one of these to isolate their turntable. It is a passive design using what the company calls negative stiffness isolators.  Very clever design. You really have to see a picture of the isolator    https://www.minusk.com/products/bm8-vibration-isolation-platforms-bench-tops-isolators.html
It looks to me given the specification that you could isolate any turntable with one of these as well if not better than SME, Basis and SOTA  do with their designs. It is not much to look at and at $3000 it is not exactly cheap but it would be a miracle for someone with foot fall and feed back problems. I personally think equipment racks are unattractive and will not have one in my living room. My equipment is hidden in an antique armoire. I'm thinking about replacing my old suspended turntable with a new one and this platform would give me a lot more flexibility and choice.  Just wondering if they really work👩‍🦳
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spiritofmusic
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Mike, you're right in your observations. My rim drive tt is asymmetrically loaded, and in my short, frustrating trial with it, I absolutely struggled to sort this. Additionally I needed to mass load the MK to get close to it's limit, and of the three slabs I used, I could "hear" them clearly. 
No go for me.
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