WM - I have never said that. Suspended can work well - there are just sound technical reasons why non-suspended can work better. And thats a convenient get out to avoid saying whether the support was air suspension or not. I assume you mean fastidious. Its usually me that cant spell! Well I can only take your word for that as you have provided no evidence. If you disagree with me about my technical arguments then you can post why without compromising any professional ethic, if you beleive suspended is better than non-suspended then produce an argument supporting that assertion.

AK - Take sme. They make an arm and deck combination but dont make a cartridge. Do they then choose an "optimal" cartridge and supply it with the deck included in the price?  No they dont - and so neither is the BL supplied with a table in the price for the same reason. This argument seems a bit absurd, other than you saw a rockport or something with a built in isolation system - which is soemthing different and 5 times the price.