Depends on how flexible and creaky your floor really is. If you locate the shelving against a support wall of your house, that will mitigate the problem to some degree. After that I suggest a heavy hardwood shelf to go between your existing shelf and your tt. Between the hardwood slab and the support shelf, you might try springs that are available very cheaply from McMaster Carr on the internet. Select the springs based on the combined mass of the upper hardwood shelf and your tt. Dave Garretson has used these springs very effectively. You might search for his posts here and on Vinyl Asylum, under DGarretson. The other suggestions offered above might work but seem to me to be very expensive and time consuming.
Help in isolating a TT with spring suspension.
Hello,
I recently got an old Pioneer PL-10 TT at an estate sale. After cleaning it up and getting a new headshell and belt for it, it looks and sounds to be in NM condition.
It sounds great as long as you just sit there, but as soon as you start walking around, even softly with no shoes, etc., it causes the tonearm to skip around a bit. I replaced the rubber feet the springs rested on and leveled it, but it still vibrates when you walk.
Are these types of TT's normally this sensitive? I find this unacceptable. I'd like to keep this TT if I can eliminate this problem. It's original rubber feet are pretty hard and chintzy. Would getting some kind of cone feet help? It is resting on a vertical rack which isn't exactly audiophile quality, but isn't light weight junk either.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, but please make them somewhat reasonable (no $900 Harmonix feet)!
I recently got an old Pioneer PL-10 TT at an estate sale. After cleaning it up and getting a new headshell and belt for it, it looks and sounds to be in NM condition.
It sounds great as long as you just sit there, but as soon as you start walking around, even softly with no shoes, etc., it causes the tonearm to skip around a bit. I replaced the rubber feet the springs rested on and leveled it, but it still vibrates when you walk.
Are these types of TT's normally this sensitive? I find this unacceptable. I'd like to keep this TT if I can eliminate this problem. It's original rubber feet are pretty hard and chintzy. Would getting some kind of cone feet help? It is resting on a vertical rack which isn't exactly audiophile quality, but isn't light weight junk either.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, but please make them somewhat reasonable (no $900 Harmonix feet)!