If I understand what you mean by "rumble" I think most of it can be attributed to the quality of the vinyl and also the pressing. You will hear less noise during the silent passages on quiet vinyl. If you have a quality pressing such as a Classic Records reissue (on Quiex vinyl), there shouldn't be an audible rumble in between tracks at reasonable volume levels. (Speakers Corner and Simply Vinyl reissues are also generally very quiet.) If you do hear the rumble on a record that is known to be quiet, then it could be caused by the cartridge, tonearm, platter, tt motor, or any combination thereof.
rumble, on records or from turntable?
I've noticed that, when listening to records using my headphones, I hear a definite rumble at the beginning of the side and in between cuts. Basically only on the parts with little or no volume. It seems that different records have different amounts of rumble. This indicates that it might be something recorded onto the record. My question is, how much of this rumble is coming from the turntable and how much is recorded into the record? Is there a way to check the amount of rumble coming from your turntable?