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Isolation Platform - to be or not to be for CDP?

Right now, I am restricted to a fairly sturdy all wood cabinet to house my equipment. I was considering a custom mapleshade 2" platform to be supported by metal inserts or dowels to go under my CDP. Is this a worthwhile (~$200) investment given the type of cabinet. Eventually I will go to a better rack but that is probably at least several months out on the horizon. Any advice, as always, is greatly appreciated.
maineiac
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geoffkait
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tgb, undoubtedly something is amiss as my stands are nothing if not dynamic, regards GK
tbg
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GK, I too have heard dynamics from the Machina Dynamica, but in two systems I have heard the Mana and Neuance combo versus it and both it sound dull and lacking in dynamics. In both cases the M D was properly set up.
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geoffkait
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tbg - Two Questions: which MD stand are you referring to? How can you be so sure it was set up correctly?
tbg
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I am sure that they were set up correctly but unsure which it was. It was the first table they came out with. Since the sound went along with what I have always heard from platter supports, I was not surprised, but I remembered the different sound I had heard at CES.
bpwalsh
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Norm (Tbg), you seem so sure of yourself yet you don't recall what you listened to. Perhaps this will refresh your memory: Ryan C brought his Nimbus which by all accounts had some leaks and thus wasn't performing up to par. So no, it couldn't have been set up correctly.
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