Ordered it with the silicone damping trough.

Played it last night w/o the silicone, thought it was lightweight but very articulate.

Better this AM after the arm bearings broke in some, you could feel the arm move more easily when cueing.

One of the reasons I ordered it was due to the Marantz 8001 SACD besting the Ariston. CD over vinyl. Horrors!

Added the silicone this afternoon and it's transformed. The Marantz is powered down. This table has the resolution and dynamic range of CD but sounds so analog-y musical and rich.

Technics has also provided an overhang gauge that is sheer genius. You mount the cart in the supplied headshell, plug it into this gauge and slide the cart until the stylus lines up with the end of the gauge. Adjustment over! No more protractors. Go to the KAB site and see it.