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should I suspend a floor-standing turntable?

Hey all, I have a Denon DP-300F turntable and I'm worried about vibrations. I live on the top floor of an apartment complex, and the floors are pretty bouncy. Would it be better to place the turntable on say, an end table or a desk rather than on the floor?

Thanks for reading. I wish I could place it on a wall-mounted stand, but I'm not allowed to mount anything to the walls here.
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The floors of a high-rise building are often worse than the suspended timber floors of a house for Structure-Borne feedback (and that's the only feedback that you need to worry about)...😫
Your safest bet is as close as possible to a structural column or the core containing the fire stairs and lifts if that is possible.
Being in Southern California.....the building will have been designed for earthquake loading with flexible steel columns and beams and probably prestressed concrete floors....😱
Good for staying alive....but the worst recipe for audio happiness unfortunately....😢
Good luck....🏢
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