Here are a couple more comments about Chris's AS2000. I put my ear right up against the motor and heard NOTHING, not even a slight rush from the sound of the belt, which is non stretchy. I also did not hear any noise from the compressor. I think the air pressure or film that supports the massive platter is very low and thin and constant, so the compressor is not working very hard.
I also can reiterate that the fit and finish of this table is outstanding. In that sense it kind of reminds me of my SME. The design appears to be very purposeful, and deliberate. It is very busy looking with the four tonearms, but I suppose any four arm solution would. Chris is planning to get David's Nothing Rack when he moves to his new house. That is around 800 lbs plus the 500 or so lbs of the table. He has reinforced the floor area to support this massive load.
I was impressed with both the execution and sound of the table, though I could not really separate the contribution of the table per se given the different arm/cart/phono combinations in the unfamiliar system. Whatever the combination, it always had a liveliness and convincingly natural sound. There were too many counters clicking for each cartridge for me to count. Despite the simplistic look of the design and lack of tweaks in the system, Chris has a lot of stuff going on with all of the cartridges, cables, alignment jigs, accessories, and empty SME amr boxes all over the place. I thought Tang's system is a vinyl laboratory. Chris' has just as many experiments going on, and there seems to be a bit more "madness" going on because it is a sort of hidden basement and not a functioning office, LOL. This will surely change in the new place.