Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower


Hello,

I am rebuilding a Garrard 301 and looking for a plinth. I am planning to buy 3-4 tonearms to try. I would like to know which is the best way moving forward.

Is there a difference between mounting a tonearm directly on a solid plinth vs arm board (same vs different materials) vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower. 

Thanks
Nanda
kanchi647

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Those who intend to build an new plinth for their TT's are in different
position from those who want to keep their TT as is. My Kuzm Stabi
Reference accept only 9'' tonearms. Triplanar can be mounted
because the arm(wand) is on the side of the VTA tower allowing
for longer lengt. I wanted an second arm and was forced to use
an armpod + 12'' arm. I ordered both by Reed. My Kuzma and
armpod rest on aan sand filled base resting on 3 spikes 
in an professional rack ( German ''Copulare'') . I have no idea
what ''optimal solution'' means but am satisfy with the situatiom
''as is''. 
Dear ct, my first dispute in this forum was with Lew and regarding
Lenco platter. I was sceptical about possibilty to make a better one
in someone's garage or cellar. But my point was ''don't mess with
your TT''. His answer was : ''Nandric messing  with TT's is fun''. 
I was ''speechless'' . 
Dear ct, with your ''cheap TT's argument'' you are actually strengthening my  which was ''don't mess with TT's''. This
than should be ''don't mess with cheap TT's''. 
Dear ct, one can express the same thought with different words.
So persistence  on ''exactly  used words'' will not do ; meaning 
can't be nailed to specific words. Otherwise our memory would be
the same as by computers. 
Also the valuation of expression ''cheap'' may differ among
nations. The English saying is: ''I am not rich to bay cheap stuff''. 
My own is the usual understanding of this word. I as you deed
not emigrated from former Yugoslavia to the West for ''cheap
things''. On the contrary (grin). Check my carts collection!
The ''compounds similar to paint'' as well ''the isolation'' will not do.
There are many kinds of isolations as well many kinds of paint. 
Problem of notions without boundary conditions are the same as
sets theoretic  problem of extension. ''Set of all sets '' is example of
paradoxes  in the set theory. One need to somehow determine what 
one is talking about, Otherwise quantifier ''all '' can imply the whole 
universe + the added parallel one.


Geoffkat, I have oil + spike isolation in my Kuzma and pneumatic
feet isolation  under my Technics SP 10 with Obsidian plinth. In addition to mentioned  Kuzma isolation I have sand filled  base plate which is isolated with 3 spikes from the rack. Which one would you
call ''real'' ? 
Dear chris, The French cardinal La Rochfaucauld was visited 
by an lady who asked: ''father is it an sin that I admire my own
beauty ? Cardinal: ''my dear lady illusion  is not an sin''. 
You used qualification ''illusion'' but without any argumentation. 
My ''real suspensions'' feel insulted by your comment (grin).

Dear chris, Curious but we are again in France . What is the
function of those magnets in your Verdier La Platine?