Trans Fi Salvation rim drive tt and Terminator air-bearing linear tracking arm

Finally after 22 long months, I get my analog rig reinstalled. If there’s any interest in it, I’m very happy to chat further.
To kick off, here’s the link to the designer’s web page:

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It's somewhat more complex than that. Not so much warmer as a result, but more "one note".
Meaning that in particular, piano, and interestingly, snare drum, sounded "boxy" from one LP to another.
Because cymbals and electric guitar maintained or even improved re bite, shortcomings weren't noticeable, and indeed initial impressions were of improvement.
But once I started latching on to this boxiness, the nagging sensation of SQ overall having worsened started increasing.
I'm going to put this down to either a bumped resonant frequency or a smearing of leading edges.
I find it fascinating that an affectation or imposed character can be not noticeable early on, but come to the fore to actually dominate impressions of overall sound.
Have you or anyone on this thread tried Vic’s new isoplatter. It a resonator with a spindle that is detached from the main spindle and platter. It’s on the transfi website
 
Thanks for the suggestion.
I have looked at the Isoplatter, but at 15-20mm thick, I'd have to find a new higher arm mount, and that's a tricky challenge for this design.
I've removed Vic's stock ResoMat, and have gone with an Acoustic Revive mat instead, and an Alphason Audio cartridge isolator, achieving excellent results.
 

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