Best rack for non-suspension turntable?


I have a Well-Tempered Classic turntable. For those unfamiliar, it does not have any internal suspension.

Does anyone have an opinion about the best type of equipment rack for this kind of table? My options are the Naim Fraim (I have Naim electronics, but the Fraim is obscenely expensive) which is rigid with glass shelves or the Isoblue which is composed of layers of different woods (so I'm told).

The Fraim supposedly is unbeatable with a suspension table like an LP12, but I'm not sure how it would work with a non-suspended table.

Any opinions?
turboglo

Showing 1 response by mikelavigne

Turboglo, if you want the best possible isolation for a non-suspended tt get any stiff, high mass rack and put a Halcyonic isolation shelf on it.

Halcyonics

this what a laboratory would get to isolate an electron microscope. it makes any audio isolation product look and act like a toy in comparison. i have the Grand Prix Monaco with Formula shelves; which is certainly right up there at the top of rack system isolation performance. the Halcyonic easily outperformed it.

it ain't cheap ($8k list price)....but when you consider what a dedicated audio rack/shelf costs; or even what upgrading a tt to the next level or two costs.....it actually has good value for the performance.