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Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks

Has anyone tried experimenting with a stock Rega tonearm to see what damping it by filling it with some spray foam insulation would do to the acoustics? How about sand filled? The more acoustically dead an arm is the better I would think. There doesn't seem to be much discussion on this forum about cheap DIY tweaks - just about spending more money on the latest hyped mega-bucks mod. It seems this crowd would be more inventive than that.
The Teres table intrigues me in terms of the DIY mod possibilities. How about filling the chambers with the lead shot with a damping fluid so the shot would "jiggle" and damp vibration more efficiently. Any thoughts?
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elmuncy
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Go to Audio Asylum, click on the vinyl discussions, and pose your question there. There are a lot of do it yourself, and down right cheap things that can be done to improve things. Also, not all the people here advise spending huge bucks for things. I've found quite a few of them that are downright helpful, some have sent me things for nothing, and many have taken the time to be helpful. Every forum has those that tell you to "sell your crappy stuff and buy what I have" Stay away from them.
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