Big_greg you really need to try an SME, SOTA or Basis table. You will be able to jump up and down in front of them and absolutely nothing will happen. Suspended (isolated) table will always outperform unsuspended
Tables unless the unsuspended table weights a ton like the big Kuzma and it is on a well isolated stand. This is extremely true if you use sub woofers. Subs that go cleanly down to 18 Hz will start driving most light fixed tables nuts at only 85 db. Just a month ago I set up a Planar 6 with an Ortofon 2M Black and on granite it let go at 30Hz just under 90db. That was with a tonearm/cartridge resonance at 10Hz. So the feed back was purely coming from the plinth and platter vibrating together at 30 Hz
Now it would be very unlikely that someone buying that table would have a system capable of that kind of output at 30 Hz and in this person's system on a rather plain stand the table performed absolutely beautifully. His system is in his basement media room on a concrete floor. The Ortofon 2M Black is a very impressive MM cartridge. This is the first time I have been able to play with one. Tracks like a bandit. Very smooth easy sound. Now other than setting the tonearm./cartridge resonance to high there is nothing you can do to make a SOTA, SME or Basis feed back.
Right now I would give my eye teeth for an SME 30/12 with a Kuzma 4 pt 14. The ultimate Koestu battleship. Dream on.
Tables unless the unsuspended table weights a ton like the big Kuzma and it is on a well isolated stand. This is extremely true if you use sub woofers. Subs that go cleanly down to 18 Hz will start driving most light fixed tables nuts at only 85 db. Just a month ago I set up a Planar 6 with an Ortofon 2M Black and on granite it let go at 30Hz just under 90db. That was with a tonearm/cartridge resonance at 10Hz. So the feed back was purely coming from the plinth and platter vibrating together at 30 Hz
Now it would be very unlikely that someone buying that table would have a system capable of that kind of output at 30 Hz and in this person's system on a rather plain stand the table performed absolutely beautifully. His system is in his basement media room on a concrete floor. The Ortofon 2M Black is a very impressive MM cartridge. This is the first time I have been able to play with one. Tracks like a bandit. Very smooth easy sound. Now other than setting the tonearm./cartridge resonance to high there is nothing you can do to make a SOTA, SME or Basis feed back.
Right now I would give my eye teeth for an SME 30/12 with a Kuzma 4 pt 14. The ultimate Koestu battleship. Dream on.