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Turntable isolation for bedroom floor

Hi all

I was going to have my system set up in a room with a solid concrete floor but circumstances have forced me to use a bedroom (only for the purposes of a listening room!)

I'm currently using a Roksan Xerxes 20plus on a solid oak plinth under which are 4 magnetic isolation feet. The racks are Atacama Evoque Special Edition.

The set-up certainly helps with drastically reducing vibrations from my speakers (which are on Audio Physic VCF V feet), but it isn't good at reducing foot fall......any suggestions to reduce this...?

Thanks 

Rich 


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My Clearaudio turntable has magnetic bearing in the vertical direction - its benefits are limited to the reduced friction & wear; it doesn’t do jack to reject footfalls. In fact magnetic suspensions can sometimes make footfalls even worse (e.g. Clearaudio’s magnetic bearing arms). However a properly tuned spring suspension can work wonders. E.g. I have a SOTA Nova that’s almost immune to footfalls. Though I haven’t tried them, Townshend sells spring feet & platforms that get good feedback - I’d look into those.

And honestly I'd toss out those magnetic feet. 
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