Heard the Rockport (yawn!) and it just sounded bland, as a lot of "Top End" gear can. Almost certainly the bling it was connected to! Mind you, if I was going to have something that "looks" like a cutting lathe to play LP's on, why not save a fortune and buy an actual cutting lathe, bolt it to the floor, remove the cutting assembly and mount a tonearm and cartridge of choice to it
I need to hear Marco's turntable system at some point, to hear what all the hoo-ha is all about and I'd love to see Mark's deck too, as it has some interesting alternatives to convention in its design.