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Best location setup of turntable

I have a pair of Tyler Taylo 7U speakers, Thorens TD145MKii, ClearAudio Microbasic phono preamp, and 55W Chinese built tube amp.
What would be a good (or best) location of the turntable?
Currently it is sitting on the bare wood floor in between an audio rack and the right speaker in my living room (20x25). The distance to the rack is about 3" and to the right speaker is about 10".

I tried to sit the turntable on top of the audio rack, but the vibration is much worse than just let it sitting on the bare floor. I tried to put the turntable on top of a sandbag, but it did not help much to reduce the rambling/distortion (or whatever you call) when the volume goes of 12 o'clock.

Any suggestion?
Would isolator help? What kind isolator would be good (Well under $100)?

Thanks for your opinion in advance.
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inpepinnovations
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I don't understand the objection to the wall mount, but perhaps your wife might not object to suspending the turntable from the ceiling using thin picture wire. I use 4 such wires to suspend an MDF board (easily leveled, using turnbuckles on the wires. The turntable (an Alexandria MkIV) is placed on the board. The effect is quite striking - it seems as if the turntable is suspended in air.
By locating the platform near a wall I keep it from floating all over the place by installing two small springs horizontally on the board edge to allow the platform to gentle rest against the wall.
the only vibration that can reach that setup is airborne and the turntable is at least 15 feet from the speakers. The suspending guy wires effectively serve as very low frequency pass filters.

salut, Bob p.
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