hi red76,
Thanks so much for sharing the pictures with the wooden arm. A fellow WS member who works in Austria told me about this TT last December when he visited me. He told me it was very visible in the German audio show. And early this year I had the chance to talk to the HK distributor of DPS and I was quite surprised by its steep price despite looking very 'modest'.
He explained exactly what you mentioned about the plinth, many layers of whatever damp material was used, and it is built inside out...as you said, deceivingly good.