Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension?


Hey all,

I have an Avid Volvere turntable which has a spring suspension system. Sounds great!

But - my rack isn’t the best. Since Corona and inertia are making upgrading my rack impractical right now, I was thinking I could improve things by putting the Avid on an isolation platform.

My question: since the table already has suspension, what should I look for in an isolation platform? High-mass rigid platform like a Mapleshade? Mass + a different type of isolation like the Isoacoustics Delos? Low-mass but high-rigidity like a BDR shelf + BDR cones?

Help!
hudsonhawk

Showing 1 response by aubreybobb

If you have not come across the CS2 footers from Critical Mass Systems, it may be worth your while to do so.  I have used almost every vibration reduction tech around.  These make the rest look like toys....let's say in my opinion it's not even possible to make comparisons.

Downside: they take 300 hours to 'burn in'
Sound awful first few days, till they settle into full isolation mode for your specific room/equipment.  I don't understand how this happens, it's something to do with entropy!

Once it does though,  it's as if you suddenly doubled or trebled the money spent on your system.