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Turntable on suspended floor - shelf or braces?

My setup is on a suspended floor over a crawl space.

I'm about to finally buy a turntable (Rega RP6 or RP8) and am going to have to to address the bouncy floor. I set up an old Thorens just to try it out and there is a severe foot-fall issues (who knows how bad other vibration will be).

Looking for suggestions on whether I would be better off to put the new deck on a wall shelf, or if I were to reinforce the floor itself?

The floor is over a crawl space with a few feet between the joists and the dirt, so I could easily install 3 or 4 jack-type supports that would bond the floor to the ground.

Does anyone have experience doing this? Would I be better off with a supported floor, or a wall shelf?

Thanks - djm
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elevick
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Don't get Mike Holmes started on that one...
Really though, if FF is so bad it is most likely going to muck up your bass as well.
A decent carpenter should be able to take a lot of the bounce out of the floor without much effort. You could either "toenail" in extra boards to the joists to make the stronger with less flex and/or put cross members between the joists. Either way, you would need a nail gun, a bunch of wood glue and some inexpensive 2x6 or 2x8 boards anywhere from 4 feet to 12 feet long...
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