MIne is a very heavy, massive and low profile solid oak coffee table I found in a used furniture store down south about 20 years ago for around $30 as I recall.
Have yet to see anything else worth considering as a replacement years later.
Guaranteed, if whatever you buy is marketed to high end turntable users, you will pay a huge premium for the actual things that matter in a "turntable stand" versus finding some common piece of furniture with similar physical characteristics that can do the job just as well, maybe better.
Might not look as cool though.
"Turntable stands" generally work best when table is located closer to ground level rather than up high, where vibrations transmitted via the floor and air will be magnified.
So if one is handy raw materials needed to construct a solid low profile stand big enough to do the job need not cost much. Could be wood, cinder blocks, whatever as long as rigid, dense/massive and not prone to transmit vibration.
Have yet to see anything else worth considering as a replacement years later.
Guaranteed, if whatever you buy is marketed to high end turntable users, you will pay a huge premium for the actual things that matter in a "turntable stand" versus finding some common piece of furniture with similar physical characteristics that can do the job just as well, maybe better.
Might not look as cool though.
"Turntable stands" generally work best when table is located closer to ground level rather than up high, where vibrations transmitted via the floor and air will be magnified.
So if one is handy raw materials needed to construct a solid low profile stand big enough to do the job need not cost much. Could be wood, cinder blocks, whatever as long as rigid, dense/massive and not prone to transmit vibration.