Are You Sorbothane Experienced?


I couldn't find any discussions on user experiences with sorbothane isolation feet, so decided to start one. I recently purchased a set of 4 40mm sorbothane feet for my Music Hall mmf-5 turntable. 
Setup was less than favourably a one-man affair, so it was a rather precarious endeavour.

One thing that adds to the difficulty of what I imagined would be an entirely straightforward installation, is the fact that the sorbothane feet easily distort under the slightest off-centre loading. That means you have to adjust them incessantly  at both top and bottom contact points until you miraculously have all 4 perfectly vertically loaded perpendicular to your turntable's factory feet as well as your shelf. In my case the shelf is by Salamander.

Once you've managed all this and justifiably rather pleased with yourself, guess what? Your turntable may or may not be level as it was prior to the installation. So, level the TT at the shelf rather than at the adjustable feet, as are standard on the MH, because adjusting the feet would upset those super squishy sorbothane isolation pucks. 

The listening verdict: I honestly can't say that I can hear any difference during before & after playback of Jimmy Cliff's Wonderful World, Beautiful People.

I'm curious to learn of your experiences, if any. Cheers!
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Geoffkait - I'm embarrassed to admit I'd never before known anything about J. C. Verdier Turntables. This collection of user experiences has been a tremendously illuminating read:
http://www.astrasuite.com/astrablog/j-c-verdier-turntable-reviews-1/
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I am a big fan of sorbothane.  Great for vibration control.  I use it under all my components...Cd player, amp, pre amp center channel speaker and etc.  

if your looking for inexpensive ways to isolate id suggest a talk with your local head stone maker ( possibly counter top maker as well) and get a  granite / marble etc slab semi ruff cut its smooth but not shiny see the one under my table in my profile ( its bigger then you need at 3"x24"x18" and 165lbs but you get the idea). it cost me $60. then make a simple braced wall mount for it and you will be shocked at how much better it will sound. shouldn't cost much more then $150 total with a little leg work and simple fab work. if you want more details let me know. then get some cones/ pin points like others suggested and boom your in turntable glory.

 or buy a turntable wall mounting kit and be done with it.


oh yes I used to have that 165lb slab on a wall mount...can't unfortunately in this place i'm in now though. I had that big slab in a corner though so got extra bracing there, all on some 1.5"x0.5" wood slats. It looked great by the way. i'll have to dig up a pic someday.  

I have a sorbothane turntable mat...and I find it works well. I tried the feet a long time ago and can't say it was worth it and made it much harder to set up.