@bba - I'm cheap and lazy. Went to Amazon and picked up a maple (mable?) butcher block end grain board about the same size as my table. I have a few different materials to try under the board including a couple of different types / shapes / thicknesses of sorbothane, a lifetime supply of different Vibrapod products (pucks and cones), cones, felt pads, mouse pads, bags of lead shot.... Long list of stuff.
I just wanted some suggestions on what others are using successfully to help shorten the experimenting.
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I've taken a slightly different approach. We have a local kitchen and bath installation and manufacturing company that specializes in all types of natural and man made stone. They have a remnants yard that has various sized left over slabs of the raw material they install. I have had them cut and polish quartz bases that are 1 1/2" thick and closely match the bases on my three turntables. I use 3" x 3" isolating mat under the slabs corners and the isolating bases that come with the turntables. I have literally jumped up and down next to all three turntables and cannot cause a needle to skip or jump. Cost less than $300 for all three bases.
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So what is LMAO after all?
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24"x24"x3" maple block rests on small felt pads on a light open steel frame table spiked to the concrete.
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@toddbrom, it’s amazing where you can hear the benefits of the product dynamat, I keep a roll around and love it
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@nandric , I had to look it up to type it so I can assume that anyone that has a computer could do the same. |
Mabel Mercer, maybe. She could hold up a turntable. |
todd, what is this mable? A new synthetic comprised of maple and marble? ;^)
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tooblue, Audigon is an international forum so you can't assume that everyone knows what LMAO means. It is btw not typing but thinking which causes the most problems. |
@nandric . It was hard to type my response as I was LMAO.
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Making humorous remarks is forbidden by tooblue. |
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Not a bad idea but the problem is moving the thing from the kitchen to the living room and the other way round. |
I start out with my trusty, fully loaded with lead shot and sand, Lead Balloon by Arcci then I place my maple platform directly on top of the Lead Ballons turntable support shelf which has adjustable spikes to level things out then I place a Symposium Seque ISO platform on top of the maple shelf and then I place my turntable on top of that. This setup really works very well for my setup which is a VPI Prime with peripheral ring and Single Motor Flywheel.
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Hello!
I currently have a second system in my family room where the turntable is positioned on a simple (IKEA) A/V bench. I have a 1.5” Top Chop cutting board (maple) under the turntable. Under the cutting board, I use four 4”x4”x7/8” rubber & cork isolation blocks at each corner. I also use Vibrapod Model 3 Isolators for the turntable’s feet to further dampen any vibration.
While this may be overkill, I find that this solution works really, really well. While I don’t have kids, I do host a good number of parties & haven’t had any issues with skipping, etc. considering all the foot traffic & activity around the turntable during these get-togethers.
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I put mine directly on the top shelf of my rack and the turntable sits directly on top of the block. My TT is an SME 20/2 which is highly vibration isolated already and has a lot of mass, so this combo works well for me. I think you will need to experiment with different combos of isolation for the best results. There are many variables so trying different things until it sounds right to you is my advice.
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