Turntable in cabinet


For a variety of reasons (kids, cat, spouse) my LP-12 will continue to reside in a built-in cabinet for some time. To make matters worse, the cabinet is near a corner in close proximety to the sub-woofer. I have successfully isolated the TT from the cabinet itself (TT on lightweight shelf on spikes on 1 1/2" plywood shelf on spikes on aluminum angles mounted to sides of cabinet interior).

However, I'd like to dampen any resonances within the cabinet itself if at all possible. Can anyone recommend something that could be applied to the cabinet interior to do so?

Thanks!

Rick
rmohler

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Rick, what a great solution! Love it. I wish I had a cabinet big enuf to try that. :-)

Riley804, FWIW, I'm not convinced that you have really isolated floor borne vibrations, or air born vibrations for that matter, by using metals and woods in any configuration which IMHO probably do not damp the vibrations you are trying to to prevent from reaching your TT.

Personally, in your situation, I would have kept it simple by placing some sorbothane type of rubbery product on the cabinet shelf and a piece of a soft wood on them to make a platform for your TT. To minimize the cabinets interior reflecting surfaces I would get some moderately dense but thin foam and line all of the surfaces about and above the TT.

FWIW.