What the *#$@ happened??

Technically the Symposium is not a vibration isolation device. Isolation devices are technically not vibration absorbers either.

Happy holidays 

"Technically Symposium is better than wood."

Technically it's better than peanut butter, too.  Or say a can of Spam.

While I certainly appreciate the length of the explanation of various woods, I d respectfully like to disagree strongly on the underlying premise - that density of the wood is what’s important for the sound. In fact the better sounding woods such as Mpingo wood, maple and spruce, to name a few, are not particularly dense. I could post the table of wood densities but I’ll leave that for the student. It might have been I who mentioned ironwood as I often use that wood as an example of a very dense wood that doesn't do much for the sound, as a form of irony.  Get it?  Of course ebony has a wide usage in musical instruments as well as Mpingo discs and other audiophile products. I used to have an ebony turntable clamp product myself way back when.

What's the first thing I'd do to the Statement turntable?  That's easy.  I'd add another five of those barbell weights to the ballast to get lower resonant frequency.