Rumbly feedback


Hello fellow A'goners. About a year ago I set up a wand 10.3 on the pedestal they sell as my turntable (brinkmann bardo) does not have an option for a second tonearm. Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with the performance. It has an ortofon Winfeld Ti mounted on it and the detail of the cartridge mates to the musicality of The tone arm is a truly magical match. Recently though, I've been listening to a bit more bass, heavy music and a couple of recordings that are mastered at very low levels. When I play these recordings at moderate volumes I get an intermittent bassy rumble that seems to come through. If I turn the volume down it dissipates and additionally, if I place my first two fingers on the pedestal, it goes away immediately. This rumble does not occur if I use my other tone arm which is the brinkman 10.1 with a custom vas cartridge mounted on it. I'm wondering if anybody has any ideas on how I could dampen the pedestal some to try and avoid this feedback. 

rmdmoore

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I have used tonearm pods and each was mounted on three spikes to minimise transmission of vibration. Though when you mention it happens with the Wand but not the Brinkmann, it makes me wonder if it isn't simply the fault of the pod/pedestal, but speaker vibrations affecting the unipivot arm, allowing for the pod/pedestal to be a little less solid than a built in arm..

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