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Turntable placement and isolation

Hello,
I have a Clearaudio Concept turntable which was so far placed on a rack behind the two front floor standing speakers. I am currently changing the layout of my 2 channel system, removed the audio rack from that imaging-sensitive location and placed all electronics on the carpeted floor between/behind the speakers. Each component, except the turntable, is currently placed on a maple plywood (1 inch thick) which sits on the thick carpet. The floor is a wooden suspended floor. I am also trying out HRS platforms for isolating the electronics. I need some help/advise on the turntable placement on the floor. What are your thoughts on putting a turntable on a platform on the carpeted floor? Is this going to seriously degrade the sound? What could be used to isolate the turntable from the carpeted ground such that there are no footfall issues? I would really appreciate your feedback.
Thanks.
indranilsen

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cd318
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@indranilsen,

I'm sorry but I can't post any pictures of it. I think it eventually got put in a shed somewhere by my wife after I sold off the turntable. I knew then kids and a turntable might not work out too well.

I can still remember it quite well. It was all real wood with a rectangular top surface large enough for an LP12. About 20 inches high, lightweight enough to lift easily with one hand but extremely rigid too.

The main feature was that instead of 4 individual legs it was supported by what I would describe as 2 flat wooden frames (imagine the letter 0, or a slightly rounded rectangle on its side) which were glued to each side of the table top.
cd318
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@wolf_garcia,

"My Linn Basik/Akito instructions recommend a light but stiff shortish table which I happen to have. They're right, and it worked amazingly well (suspended wood floors). I switched to an "audiophile" table with room for LPs and an extra amp on a shelf (room for my phono preamp also), and it works somewhat less great but still effective enough to leave it...but yeah...a light low table...who knew?"


Basically that was my experience too. Vastly better than any wall shelf I tried. And I tried a few.
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