Nick what technical reasons do you want me to give, YOU SAY the £10000 deck you have only performs at 50% of it's capacity unless on a particular kind of support, if this is true then the deck is flawed, I understand (like Borttleneck0 that supports can and do make a difference to TT sound, but it is marginal, certainly nothing like 50%, you however only seemed to suggest these figures and special isolation when others who have compared your uber deck reckoned they preffered something else, you then asked did they have it on isolation.

FWIW where are the technical points in your argument, other than Mr Brinkman and you allegedly say so, show me the measurements, and how you quantify the figures you spout.

I don't need to hear the decks in question to know you are talking nonsense, life experience tells me, you have very funny ears my friend, and veryu funny Ideas, now I'm not the biggest fan of the LP12, but every one I have heard has bettered any Rega P3 I have heard, yet you also argue against that, jeez man take a lon hard look at your self, you are looking sillier by the post, and thats not a "hunch" it's an honest observation.