All of these are AWESOME!!! I just KNEW that I wasn’t the only person so passionate about my turntable!!!
Table for your Turntable? Show ‘em offf!
- Anyone else out there found that perfect table to proudly showcase your Turntable on? Not just a regular stand, but a table worthy of resting your prize possession on? A table that will impress company when they come over? Maybe you custom built your own, because you just couldn’t find what you wanted? Take a picture and add what make & model Turntable. I’m still searching for mine. I found one, but it got sold Before I got off of work.
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I just saw your original post asking for model numbers. This TT is one of my proudest achievements, I had a lot of help here. link to photos repeated here https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779585540 As I mentioned, I designed/built my ventilated equipment surrounds below my TT, and simply ordered a custom size piece of glass with rounded corners to fit on top of two of them side by side. The Spinner is vintage JVC TT81 (direct drive quartz locked). here’s a TT71 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324554946167?hash=item4b90fb7677:g:5fMAAOSwVHRgZfDb The Plinth is vintage JVC CL-P2D https://www.ebay.com/itm/324409089345 two removable arm boards, right side fits a long arm. 12.5" long tonearm right side, new Blackbird from Russia, for MC cartridge http://newartvinyl.ru/board/detali_proigryvatelja/tonarm_black_bird12_5_carbon/7-1-0-41 MC cartridge https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/cartridges/type/moving-coil/at33ptg-2 9" arm in back, vintage Acos Lustre GST 801, for MM cartridge https://www.ebay.com/itm/133768425509?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=c64f5980-c4c7-11eb-a127-316435353839 New Jico SAS on Boron for my Shure V15Vxmr body https://www.jico-stylus.com/product/vn5xmr-hg-sas-b/ 9" arm mounted backwards on left side, vintage Mission for MONO Cartridge https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/mission-774-lc-jelco-tonarm-incl-tonarmkabel/1693439258-172-981 short counterweight section allowed me to just squeeze it in under the dust cover. MONO Cartridge, elliptical stylus https://gradolabs.com/cartridges/prestige-series-specialty-cartridges/item/79-mono-phono 3 arms run thru vintage Fidelity Research SUT with 3 inputs, 4 MC load options, and PASS for MM https://www.ebay.com/itm/284314867434?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item42327c96ea:g:7OEAAOSwZXJgtMkE&... SUT into beloved Phono section of vintage McIntosh mx110z Tube Tuner Preamp. I just had Audio Classics overhaul the mx110z, it now has new gold plated RCA jacks. I’m heading downstairs to play something on it right now! |
Great Idea, I thought more people would respond. I added photos to this LP listing just to show my system/TT here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779585540 I have my TT at a comfortable operating height (bad knees, bad back, bad attitude). I highly encourage doing this if possible/eventually. It just worked out bit by bit. The JVC Plinth is big, a simple custom size glass shelf solved it. On top of two ventilated equipment surrounds I designed/built with their own glass shelves. On top of a rack with glass ventilated shelves. 2x2 Iso-blocks separate the TT from everything below, just enough to deal with my springy wood floor. The equipment surrounds have their own firm rubber isolators, and each glass shelf sits on it’s firm rubber isolators, part of the rack’s design, why I chose it, aside from looks. ......................... Happily the weight of the JVC spinner is forward, so I did not need to add any support under the overhang in the back as I might have. I was going to make a skirt below the plinth, but Donna likes the daylight coming thru, a lighter look, OK! I promised her the top of that rack for plants when we bought it many years ago. Notice the plants are on trays (felt pads on bottom). I move the trays of plants from the Reel to Reel player to the TT, or back on the R2R mostly to play LP’s. ............................. A 3rd ventilated equipment stand I built supports my Cayin Tube Amp over my McIntosh Tube Tuner/Preamp. Small cabinet moves on felt feet, Front and Back wide open, air in/out below/above the side panels. Preamp slides in/out independently, leave the heavy amp in place, that’s a treat. ............................ Ours is a small split level, only 1200 sq. ft. so space is a premium. The large room (for this house) is a music/dining table at the end shown, listening as shown by my feet. Turn the chair(s) around, now at the side of the other end, living/small home theater with it’s own system. The DBX 100 mains produce a very wide center image, the small Bose center channel is in the space below the TV’s glass shelf and wood cabinet I modified below, small rear surround speakers on their backs firing up behind the sofa, a single sub just for Jurassic Park Dinosaur Stomp. That's not a speaker above the TV, lousy photo, it's a cool metal sculpture my brother made. |
Really heavy marble and stone slabs. One long thick marble slab rests on 8 cones which stand on the concrete screed. Then some stone verticals between which stand the pre- and phono-amps and a SACD player Then a thick stone roof to support the TT and CD player. Isolation by mass loading. Cheap and effective. Don't go tech or springs with Mr Boingboing |
Waterbedfred, you cannot upload pictures here. You can share photos online and put a link to them in your message. Imgur.com is a free site where you can do this. I have a custom built mahogany audio cabinet that a friend made for me 40 years ago. It's very heavy, sits on leveling feet and my Technics tt sits on springs on the top of it. It's also fairly tall, so I can use the tt without bending over. The bottom shelf has LP's in it...for convenience and for extra mass. It also has a drawer...for my record care products, spare cartridges, etc. |
The isolation table I made for my TT https://gkphotography.smugmug.com/Share/Shared/n-txWsZ8/i-s3chfBh |
I have a Neuance/Greater Ranges platform/shelf supported by adjustable upturned brass spikes and it's been my end game for many years now. I modified the "bolt together" rack by mig welding into a solid one piece unit. I also use a Greater ranges shelf under the CD deck. See system details for +info. DeKay |