Will be receiving my Capitole MK1 next week from Great Northern Sound with a full modification package just design by Steve Huntley for it. Will post my experience once received and settled in.
Its just better overall with the lid open, if the recording is a hair bright with the lid closed, opening the lid is not a good idea because it will make it too bright. Therefore the lid is not opened for all disks.
I don't know exactly what you have in mind, but I've gotten the best out of mine by sitting it on a Machina Dynamica Nimbus. Notably improved soundstage and imaging. They kind of look like something out of the Flintstones and aren't cheap, but work exceedingly well. Check out machinadynamica.com.
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