Speaking of Craigslist

As frustrating as it is, you still occasionally find that forgotten "gem" on there. Tonight I drove out to Honeoye Falls and picked up a mint condition Arcici Lead Balloon turntable stand.

 We sold these at JB, probably a total of three of them, the perfect companion to the Sota Star table. Sold for somewhere around $300. in the mid '80s, you would fill the tubes with sand (I did tonight), and place the table on top of two 25lb  lead (!) bars placed horizontally across the top. I put my Cosmos on this with the vacuum unit/power supply underneath. Absolutely beautiful!

Arcici was a specialty company that made dedicated stands for various speakers as well. The Quad ESL-63 and Vandersteens amongst others.

  This later became the Lead(less) Balloon, health and environmental concerns. Almost every reviewer worth his or her salt used these in the '80's.