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Best rack for non-suspension turntable?

I have a Well-Tempered Classic turntable. For those unfamiliar, it does not have any internal suspension.

Does anyone have an opinion about the best type of equipment rack for this kind of table? My options are the Naim Fraim (I have Naim electronics, but the Fraim is obscenely expensive) which is rigid with glass shelves or the Isoblue which is composed of layers of different woods (so I'm told).

The Fraim supposedly is unbeatable with a suspension table like an LP12, but I'm not sure how it would work with a non-suspended table.

Any opinions?
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tbg
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Audiavreseller, it is the Halcyonics that is active and far superior to the Minus K. I own two and wish I could afford more.
tbg
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Mass, mass, and more mass. Don't try to decouple using soft materials. Max Townsend would tell you the opposite, but he is talking about his Rock tt.
tbg
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Yes, it was some time ago under my Esoteric X-01LE. I did not try either at that time under my turntable or amp.
tbg
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As I understand the Grand Prix, they are using the mass coupled to the floor in points to maximize the mass. I don't believe they are uncoupling at all. Mana stands has long used the same philosophy.
tbg
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Audiavreseller, I don't think the Minus K is a active isolator as it doesn't use electricity. I think it too is just springs done in an innovative manner. The Audiav clearly is just a rack. The only active isolator is the Halcyonics which I will attest to as exceptional.
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