Still kinda new at this TT thing, so just wondering

A dresser?

From top to bottom:

turntable

slab (yes, slab) of plexiglass

sorbothane pucks, seven of them

Sanus rack

carpet

hardwood floor

house foundation

soil

???

Tarmac-rubber, Sound Of Silence feet from Solid Tech, Shelf of MDF, Spikes, foam damped metal frame brick wall mounted shelf holder.

"dolph"

a piece of glass and tube amps..

Anti vibration feet stock

a 23lb MDF sub plinth filled with various size lead shot

3) 1" diameter Super Balls

a 45lb floating MDF platform made from 3 layers of 3/4" MDF

small coil springs taking about 1/2 the weight off the 4 adjustable spikes that are set on Balsa wood and velcro pile pillows set into flat bottom holes drilled into 2" square Oak mounted to side walls under our living room stairs.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/UJ78/Shrine%20January%202008/Shrine2008JanTTnightshot006ww.jpg

A slab of black Italian slate on a sheet of high density foam. I'll get round to photographing it one day.
Previous turntable had slate on rollerblocks, superb isolation but did wobble around a bit.

The manufacturer of my turntable (Linn) recommends support that is light and rigid. When I have the space, I use a dedicated turntable stand made by The Sound Organisation. At present, my system sits on cheap "bricks and boards" shelving from the local hardware store, with the turntable on top and three additional shelves below it for the tuner, preamp, and power amp. To isolate the turntable from the mass of this shelving, it sits on a lightweight wooden platform made by Custom Woodwork and Design, Inc. This was recommended and distributed by the former Linn importer for the U.S., Audiophile Systems, Ltd.

A Ethan Allen Townhouse console with a green marble top. A beautiful piece of furniture.

From top to bottom:

16"x16" ceramic floor tile
2 layers of spongee shelf liner
cork sheet
1 1/2" thick MDF board
commercial wire rack
carpet
wood floor
basement
China

an eq

Some sort of rack that I found by the dumpster.....glass on top.

Lot of overkill here.

A wood shelf. I have a 3" thick slab of granite that machinists use for using height gauging that I could use under there (if it doesn't break the shelf) but I haven't found it necessary yet.

mike

from top to bottom

Isolation cones
wood shelf 3/4" thick
(2) 2" foam pads (normally used for making seat cushions)
1969 Zenith Console Stereo

A 1" thick polished marble slab resting on four isolation feet.

A Whiplash Audio isolation platform that I won as a doorprize at AK Fest '08. :banana:

Ray

BDR cones and pucks.

A solid maple butcher block that sits on twelve 1" Viprapods.

My table with factory footers sits on a
1" thick natural marble slab on an old fish tank stand.

Anti vibration feet stock

a 23lb MDF sub plinth filled with various size lead shot

3) 1" diameter Super Balls

a 45lb floating MDF platform made from 3 layers of 3/4" MDF

small coil springs taking about 1/2 the weight off the 4 adjustable spikes that are set on Balsa wood and velcro pile pillows set into flat bottom holes drilled into 2" square Oak mounted to side walls under our living room stairs.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/UJ78/Shrine%20January%202008/Shrine2008JanTTnightshot006ww.jpg

That shore is a purdy picher! :yes::D

Mine rests on the dreams of a lost generation.

Mine rests on the dreams of a lost generation.

That's depressing...

Mine is sitting on stock Technics feet on top of "record cubes," which are sitting on the carpet. It's not at all ideal as the turntable is actually straddling two separate cubes. Talk about impossible to level.

Mine is equally depressing, isn't it?
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117654&d=1226602714

.... The rest of my gear, and under the feet of the TT, I have some cheap anti-skid self adhesive pads (black) cause the feet on my Kenwood were gone when I got it. :<

RickPA pointed these out, it replaces the DIY setup I had. http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/vibrationpads.htm

My table with factory footers sits on a
1" thick natural marble slab on an old fish tank stand.

That's actually a GREAT idea, now where did I put that 10gal tank stand?

RickPA pointed these out, it replaces the DIY setup I had. http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/vibrationpads.htm

I got those cork rubber things from Secret Santa last year. But I have no need to use them.

My Sansui is five feet up on a rack of metal and glass. My Pioneer is sitting on a miniature silk rug and a solid walnut Magnavox console.

Top to bottom:

TT
1/4 mdf
2" of sand in DIY MDF sandbox
18 Racquetball halves
3/4" MDF
Birch plywood record crate filled with ~125 LPs
3/4" MDF
Celotex Soundstop
3/4" MDF
Spikes
Nickles to keep the spikes from sinking into the
hardwood floor
floorjack directly under all this sitting on the
concrete slab in basement

That's an awesome listening room, Brett A.

That's an awesome listening room, Brett A.
Thanks! :thmbsp: (and thank my wife for giving me free reign of the living room)

Thanks! :thmbsp: (and thank my wife for giving me free reign of the living room)

Dang, thats you're living room?! I got shoved into the corner by my fiance.

Back feet - recycled old growth walnut
Front feet - ceramic poker chip, several Bicycle Rider backs, recycled old growth walnut

On the list of to do's - shim hidden tt drawer slides to make up for out of level floor which changes with the seasons as Pergo floor expands and buckles thanks to top notch install by Home Cheapo subcontractor. Fortunately the Dual has good rumble specs at 56/80 dB unweighted/weighted.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zwjbuFvIDWQUEHn_42pR7w

Here, this is easier to show than just say glass and amps under my table.. The Pena statues are my anti vibration tweaks :D

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96735&d=1214436306

Here, this is easier to show than just say glass and amps under my table.. The Pena statues are my anti vibration tweaks :D
Damn....
:jawdrop:

That sub on top looks even better now.. It's covered in Oak Verneer... The Altec below will be done in Cherry over the winter.

I replaced the stock rubber feet on my SOTA with their metal point feet, and the table sits on a anti-vibration suspended Target equipment rack.

A 1950s drafting table.

here, this is easier to show than just say glass and amps under my table.. The pena statues are my anti vibration tweaks :d

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96735&d=1214436306

omg!!!!!!

A 1955 Fisher mono system.

Clearaudio cone isolation feet and pucks
Bright Star Audio Isolation Platform
Target Hi-Fi 4 Tier audio component stand w. spike feet

Yep.. very married.. Got the Techno cranked up at the moment, and the wife is home too :thmbsp:

Wow, similost! What a nice collection of boy toys! No subtlety there at all.

mike

LOL.. Thanks.. yeah.. I tend to over do things a little. Big sound take big toys.. It's great, because when we go see a live band, my wife always says it sounds better at home, and usually louder at home too..

Yep.. very married.. Got the Techno cranked up at the moment, and the wife is home too :thmbsp:
Awesome me too. Doing some Autobahn... Finace is less than thrilled, but not yet exercising her stereo veto power.

a couple of reel to reel decks...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/mhardy6647/DSCN5296.jpg

Sweet reels but DAMN that Marantz table is really great looking. Never seen one like that.

Real nice set up you have there

a marble chess board.

That shore is a purdy picher! :yes::D


It sounds real purdy too!

Rega Planar 3
12" Kenda children's tire inner tube
1.5" thick hard rock maple cutting board (Boos Bros.) from Williams-Sonoma
Audio-Technica leveling and audio isolator feet from the late 70's.
A Copenhagen record "credenza" filled with records sitting on plastic casters (yeah, I know that's got to go....currently looking for a proper rack for the TT)

Rega Planar 3
12" Kenda children's tire inner tube
1.5" thick hard rock maple cutting board (Boos Bros.) from Williams-Sonoma
Audio-Technica leveling and audio isolator feet from the late 70's.
A Copenhagen record "credenza" filled with records sitting on plastic casters (yeah, I know that's got to go....currently looking for a proper rack for the TT)

Inner Tube ? That's a first .

Sweet reels but DAMN that Marantz table is really great looking. Never seen one like that.

Marantz TT-15S; OEM Clearaudio Emotion with Satisfy arm and Virtuoso Ebony MM cartridge. Nice package deal, available from multiple on-line analog hdwe vendors; pretty attractive pricing, too. Mine was formerly Grumpy's; essentially a demo.

Dustbunnies

Inner Tube ? That's a first .

Yes, and it works really well; I've A/B'd it a number of times, removing it or installing it under the TT, and every time I put the inner tube back under the turntable because it sounds better (at least on solid plinth tables like Rega, Clearaudio, etc). It lowers the noise floor, and improves detail, imaging and "air" around instruments....just overall sounds better and more "natural". It also works putting it under your amp, preamp, receiver, etc., but the biggest effect is under the TT.

I suggest that everyone try it. Should cost $2-3 at your LBS (local bike shop).

See below:

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/fujif31andf20photos/Rega%20Platforms-1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_cat/fujif31andf20photos/large/AudioBladder.jpg

Dustbunnies

:thmbsp:

[QUOTE=Puma Cat;2248073]Yes, and it works really well; I've A/B'd it a number of times, removing it or installing it under the TT, and every time I put the inner tube back under the turntable because it sounds better (at least on solid plinth tables like Rega, Clearaudio, etc). It lowers the noise floor, and improves detail, imaging and "air" around instruments....just overall sounds better and more "natural". It also works putting it under your amp, preamp, receiver, etc., but the biggest effect is under the TT.

I suggest that everyone try it. Should cost $2-3 at your LBS (local bike shop).

I've been doing this for awhile, mostly with granite/marble or wood underneath. Mixing in a piece of cork,drawer liner thicker rubber... It all counts under a TT, change one part of the medium and something new comes out, for better or worse.
You all realize just like marriage, I keep trying new things to improve and make a better arrangement, only to try again later, only to try again later, only... Damn record is skipping again! Mike




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Ambrosia - Life Beyond LA :music:

EDIT: obviously this belongs in the "what's ON your TT right now" thread.

Yes, and it works really well; I've A/B'd it a number of times, removing it or installing it under the TT, and every time I put the inner tube back under the turntable because it sounds better (at least on solid plinth tables like Rega, Clearaudio, etc). It lowers the noise floor, and improves detail, imaging and "air" around instruments....just overall sounds better and more "natural". It also works putting it under your amp, preamp, receiver, etc., but the biggest effect is under the TT.

I suggest that everyone try it. Should cost $2-3 at your LBS (local bike shop).

Beddy eenteresting, but is it level? I hate to say it, but yours doesn't quite look level in the photo.

Plywood on top of superballs resting on a wall-mounted plywood shelf.

Target (not the chain store) double wall shelf, screwed into the wall studs. It was the only way to keep my Systemdek from skipping with footfalls in my rickety old loft. Worked like a charm. I can literally jump up and down a foot from the TT with no skips. I've also used this setup with my non-sprung Pioneer PL-570, and it turned a good TT into a great one, to my ears at least. Love it. Kind of an eye-sore, though. If you haven't seen the double shelves (my tuner is on top), they're pretty big.

Sony CDP-CX455 CD Player
Glass top table
Velodyne DPS-10 Subwoofer
Carpet

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7192/dsc04794wx5.jpg

Gohan

the Thorens sits right down on the slide out shelf in my Xylophile cabinet. No isolation whatsoever. This weekend I am intending to do a bit of tweaking with it. We'll see.

Mark, is the cork panels in your setup to stop any feedback or echo resonances from the table being in an enclosed space? Does it work well, as this may be what I need for mine.

Thelonius Monk.

At least right now. With the speakers set up the way I have them now I get a nice deep sound stage and Monk is jammin' right under the TT and right over my amp.

Take care,

Ed

(ahh, I spy Night Songs. One of the few hair bands I liked to listen to back in the day. Long Cold Winter really is a great Rock N Roll record by any standard)

Inner Tube ? That's a first .

Really! Inner tubes have been used in some pretty prominent vibration isolation platforms! (I just can not remember the name of the manufacturer). It is a pretty decent way to control vibations from reaching your TT or other equipment...

My home made heavy duty equipment rack made of wood and a special composite that is twice as dense as MDF. Below the rack are cones and a carpet covered concrete floor (I live in Florida).

Nevertheless, my Sota Cosmos has the best isolation system thans pretty much any other TT in production. You can actually hit the plinth hard while a record is playing and it will not make any difference... I really do not like not suspended TTs! If just touching the plinth comes out of the speakers I can only imagine what any vibrations can do to the sound...

Four rubber and cork isolation pads.

One very heavy receiver.

One small side table.

And a very bouncy suspended wooden floor. :D

Beddy eenteresting, but is it level? I hate to say it, but yours doesn't quite look level in the photo.

Yes, it is definitely level; i.e., the platter is. I check that quite carefully when I install it. I can use the Audio-Technica to fine tune the adjustment on the level.

It may not look level due to lens aberrations in the photo; e.g. keystoning.

Files cabinets full of paper. It's just temporary until I build the "home" for the hobby system. Then it'll be the safe bolted to the wall and floor framing ( a mass of about 300 #) :)

Top to Bottom:

Cloud 11 Iso-Platform
Salamander Stand
55lb Granite Slab
Wood Floors

Yes, it is definitely level; i.e., the platter is. I check that quite carefully when I install it. I can use the Audio-Technica to fine tune the adjustment on the level.

It may not look level due to lens aberrations in the photo; e.g. keystoning.

Sorry... never shoulda doubted ya :thmbsp:

1 ½" mdf.

3/4" piece of oak,
my listeneing room signature,
8" of cocncrete covered with berber

2.5" thick slab made of .5" nordic birch ply, MDF, Maple edging, and sand filled.
other items in rack
linoleum, plywood, concrete, clay, limestone.


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Sorry... never shoulda doubted ya :thmbsp:

No worries...I can see how one might wonder from the keystoning and barrel distortion in the photo (I'm also a photographer); it was taken with my little Fuji F31fd P&S camera at it's widest focal length, and with subjects up close, there is always some keystoning and barrel distortion.

I coulda fixed it in Photoshop, but it's just a quick snap to show the set-up.

If any of my friends had seen your original question, they would have to laugh at someone asking, because they know I am Mr. Meticulous when it comes to these sorts of things....setting up audio systems, my motorsports photography (http://stephenscharf.com), setting up the suspension on my sport motorcycles, or how I might plan a Central Composite DOE for a molecular biology experiment. :D

the Thorens sits right down on the slide out shelf in my Xylophile cabinet. No isolation whatsoever. This weekend I am intending to do a bit of tweaking with it. We'll see.

Mark, is the cork panels in your setup to stop any feedback or echo resonances from the table being in an enclosed space? Does it work well, as this may be what I need for mine.

Here is a better photo of the whole set up.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/UJ78/Shrine%20January%202008/Shrine2008JanTToverallview017ww.jpg


The panel above the table is made from 1/4" MDF sheet with 1/4" MDF 1" wide strips glued to it. Their edges are rounded with my router. The gray 1/2 pipe foam pieces are just that 1/2 of a section of Pipe insulation glued in place with elmers. The cork is bulliten board cork about 1/8th inch thick I used double sided carpet tape and slim line staples to hold it in place.

The biggest advantage of the pipe foam panel is it completely stops the dust that would filter down from the carpeted stairs that are above them.

The cork is intended to help reduce any air born vibrations that might come from the speaker less then 4 feet away.

How well it works or what part does more to help I don't know. I do know I can run my System at 100db+ at the sweet spot 17 feet away from the speakers. And not have any distortion in my vinyl source.'

So I have to assume it's not hurting anything and could very well be helping any where from some tiny bit to totally controlling what might be a terrible case of air borne vibration caused distortion.

Oh and I really like the looks.

I sure do dig that setup. Looks way more spendy that it is. TT not included of course. :thmbsp:

I may do something like that in my cabinet, I know I need to mess with isolation somehow, as now if I tap the cabinet or the deck it get a nice thump in the tonearm.

Dang, thats you're living room?! I got shoved into the corner by my fiance.

THEN LEAVE HER! This is simply inexcusable! No audiophile should ever suffer because of a fiancee or significant other! :D

Jokes aside I feel your pain my friend! I wnet throughg similar issues with my ex... Thankfully my new wife is just incredible! She even let me have my record cleaning machine in the living room where we have the main stereo:music:

Dust bunnys...:D

Four rubber and cork isolation pads.

One very heavy receiver.

One small side table.

And a very bouncy suspended wooden floor. :D

To roughly quote Churchill:

Never before in human events has so much be owed by so many to such a little table.

I have a similar thing going on, a vintage table holding up my main amp (and cable box )...thinking it might one day do a split but there's no place else to put it right now.

My HK TT has four very sturdy rubber supports to isolate movement & it is sitting on my VCR case. It is nice look IMO & the case is resting nicely on a pedestal.

Rome

Not enough. I've been thinking of a pleasing way to approach this. I don't think it is even totally level.

Dust bunnys...:D:thmbsp:

Don't even ask. It's work in progress.

http://homepage.mac.com/beechwoods/beechwoods_room/beechwoods_2008-09-28_02_s.jpg

That's depressing...

Mine is sitting on stock Technics feet on top of "record cubes," which are sitting on the carpet. It's not at all ideal as the turntable is actually straddling two separate cubes. Talk about impossible to level.

Mine is equally depressing, isn't it?
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117654&d=1226602714

Did you ever consider bolting, or some how fastening, those "record cubes" to the wall? I used to have a floor stand but I got some shelves and brackets and now everything is on the wall. No more tip toeing around the record player:)

Cat hair.

...thinking it might one day do a split but there's no place else to put it right now.

Yep, that's my plan also when I have the space.

In the meantime, this table (bought in Boston by my parents shortly after they married in 1955) is doing yeoman's work, with nary a complaint.

One day I will reward it with a refinishing. :D

Four rubber and cork isolation pads.

One very heavy receiver.

One small side table.

And a very bouncy suspended wooden floor. :D

Sturdy side table........................................I hope:scratch2:

My Technics 1210 sits inside your basic Sauder - style MDF entertainment unit. It was in a location that put it right next to the speaker, and I was picking up some feedback when the volume was cranked.

I purchased a couple of granite tiles, and placed some felt underneath each tile (so the felt was separating the tiles from each other, and also separated the bottom tile from the wood shelf surface), and stacked them one on top of the other. I placed the Technics on top of the stack, and placed the whole shabang back on the MDF shelf inside the entertainment unit.

No feedback anymore, and much better imaging and detail from the Technics!

Did you ever consider bolting, or some how fastening, those "record cubes" to the wall? I used to have a floor stand but I got some shelves and brackets and now everything is on the wall. No more tip toeing around the record player:)

Sounds like a good idea, but it's probably beyond my limited skills. Plus I live in an apartment, so I was trying to avoid anything too extravagant.

What I might do is buy the half size "Expedit" bookshelf from Ikea and use that as my new stereo shelf. It's all one piece, so right off the bat it's going to be easier to level and stabilize.

THEN LEAVE HER! This is simply inexcusable! No audiophile should ever suffer because of a fiancee or significant other! :D

Jokes aside I feel your pain my friend! I wnet throughg similar issues with my ex... Thankfully my new wife is just incredible! She even let me have my record cleaning machine in the living room where we have the main stereo:music:
Lol. I know, right? Part of the problem is that we live in a small apartment and she said it felt like it was right on top of you. I don't mind the corner so much... it seems better protected from traffic and carpet shift. The main thing that bugs me is that the speakers are now aiming away from me, rather than toward me... I don't know, maybe I should leave her.

What I might do is buy the half size "Expedit" bookshelf from Ikea and use that as my new stereo shelf. It's all one piece, so right off the bat it's going to be easier to level and stabilize.



One thing about the Expedit shelves (I've used both the full size and half size as record shelves...they work great for that..) is that they have a certain amount of play in them. While I'm not afraid of the one I have falling apart, you can push on the side of it and it will kind of rock back and forth. The parts aren't held together by much at all, though they do the trick of holding records. It would be less of an issue if it was on its side, but still might not be the sturdiest foundation for a record player.

One thing about the Expedit shelves (I've used both the full size and half size as record shelves...they work great for that..) is that they have a certain amount of play in them. While I'm not afraid of the one I have falling apart, you can push on the side of it and it will kind of rock back and forth. The parts aren't held together by much at all, though they do the trick of holding records. It would be less of an issue if it was on its side, but still might not be the sturdiest foundation for a record player.
Hmmm... Thanks for mentioning that. The problem with the Expedit is that there's no back panel. Even just a thin piece of fake wood will really stabilize that thing... Of course, it would also spoil the look so...

1980[?] Sanyo TP-1010 Turntable
1992 Kenwood KR-A4040 reciever
1974 Pioneer H-22 8 track deck
mid 2000s Philips CD player
1980 Aurex PC-X12 Cassette deck