Butcher Block Acoustics

Do they have 1/4-20 thread?

Bought my 3" turntable isolation platform about two years ago. I'm using the screw in iso feet. Very happy w/the purchase.

I cannot recall the last time anyone made the earth move for me.  More's the pity.  Mijo, you ARE far from Vilchur, Dohmann, Fletcher, and Conti.   Three of them are deceased and the fourth is in Australia.

I love mine. I'm thinking about upgrading the rubber feet to Sorbothane. I found DIY isolation foot kits kit here, Turntable Phonograph Vinyl Record Player lsolation Feet – Mnpctech

My former house had suspended floors and I had terrible footfall problems. The only way I got rid of them completely was with geoffkit’s Nimbus system with springs. He is a nut of sorts, but damn if that thing didn’t work. Footfalls were gone, absolutely gone. I still have the springs but don’t currently use them.

@clearthinker , the earth is not a solid ball. In actuality is is more like a pile of sand, water and molten rock. Sound waves travel right through the ground and your concrete slab. As any New Yorker what happens when the trolley passes by. You can feel an earth quake miles away from the epicenter as it travels in low frequency sound waves right through the earth. Put your stylus down on a stationary record, turn the volume up and watch your woofer. Jump up and down and see what happens. Hit the cabinet your turntable is sitting on with a soft mallet and watch what happens. Have somebody open and close your garage door while you watch.

"Assumptions are the mother of all F--K Ups." 

I am far from the only person who understands this. Standout personalities that do were/are Edgar Villchur, Mark Dohmann, David Fletcher and A.J. Conti. Suspended tables are inherently more complicated, engineering intense and expensive. Throwing a lot of mass at a turntable is the dirty way of going about things and it does a good job placating lay intuition. I know a gentleman who had a footfall problem with a Kuzma Stabi XL DC. He cured it by placing the rig on a MinusK stand. My guess is you do not have a foot fall problem but plenty of other low frequency rubbish is getting through. Anyone with sub woofers playing vinyl knows this for a fact. Most of the rubbish is on the record but, some is not. Very little is coming from our modern belt drive and direct drive turntables. 

@mijostyn 

Not a dickybird I'm afraid.  You are underestimating the mass of the Earth.  In the 17th century Newton coined the Law of Conservation of Momentum.  Put the mass of the Earth in that equation and there is little room for movement.

And on my concrete slab footfall has no effect on the record player.

@mijostyn the rubber feet seem to be blocking more frequencies than the mass loading spiked feet on my turntable as well as the solid steel rack. Works for me!

@clearthinker , I hate to be a stick in the mud (not really) but the earth moves, all the time. Try putting your stylus down on a stationary record and turn the volume all the way up keeping your eye on your woofers.  The best isolation is spring loading with a very low resonance point. You need to stick your turntable on a MinusK stand.

As for these butcher block isolation platforms it is unlikely that the rubber feet are going to have a resonance frequency low enough to do the entire job. Lower frequencies are going to get through such as foot fall issues. 

A friend of mine visited Boulder Audio. They have a room to burn in their amps at full output for days and visitors are ask to be very careful not to touch them as they are so hot they can burn you… good place to cook breakfast.

One of the few audio tweaks than can also be used for food prep.

Then there's the Class A amps that you can fry on egg on.......

The wood wacks are quite nice. I woodn't  know wood wack I wood choose?

@wolf_garcia  “One of the few audio tweaks than can also be used for food prep.”

Good one. 😊

Another satisfied BB customer here. I have a three shelf, double bay rack and an amp stand. High quality work and great customer service.

Heavier stone and marble blocks are even better and probably cheaper than Butcher.

My turntable rests on around 1000lb of marble spiked to the concrete slab in the ground.

Infinite mass loading, or the mass of the Earth at any rate.

One of the few audio tweaks than can also be used for food prep.

+1 I own 5 of their platforms they just had a sale before AXPONA and I bought one then the next day they listed an additional 15 sizes and I bought 2 additional platforms they are very easy to talk to and will make custom sizes and still have them ready in less than 2 weeks.

I will only use their platforms and would recommend them to anyone looking for a butcher block platform, and their new style round tubular rubber feet are great and really work well at isolating vibrations.

No I do not work or get their products for free.

Thank you for sharing your positive experience.

Good to know! I'm contemplating upgrading my rather generic rack. Customer service is a huge plus for me.

what jond said....

Great company great products and fair pricing hard to beat.

I've always had great communication, excellent packaging, and fast shipping with Butcher Block Acoustics.

j-wall

Thank You for sharing your Customer experience.

Happy Listening!

They are great and they are all I use. High quality at easonable prices.