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Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?

another good read, it does go against my 'instinct' of a rock solid cartridge/arm connection. (non-removable headshell) 

Who thinks what?
Who tried what?

https://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/isolator_e.html

btw, has anyone tried a Len Gregory cartridge (with or without the isolator)?

another comment in the article: reviewer mentioned a layer of isolation under the tonearm base (he tried blu-tac). Also against my 'instinct'.
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[What about] cartridge bodies with inherent vibration dissipation?

[Such as] wood bodied cartridges, specially formulated compound bodies, layered construction, IOW: built-in ’enabler’ characteristics?
Or the opposite – the so-called "nude" cartridge?

Is Air (eg nude) a "built-in ’ebabler’ characteristic", or is Air an entirely different matter we haven’t covered yet? How do the many nude cartridges fit into this discussion?

And just out of idle curiosity – why are only MCs "nude"? Why no other types – is the only reason the need to stick a new stylus into it from time to time?
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