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Best location setup of turntable

I have a pair of Tyler Taylo 7U speakers, Thorens TD145MKii, ClearAudio Microbasic phono preamp, and 55W Chinese built tube amp.
What would be a good (or best) location of the turntable?
Currently it is sitting on the bare wood floor in between an audio rack and the right speaker in my living room (20x25). The distance to the rack is about 3" and to the right speaker is about 10".

I tried to sit the turntable on top of the audio rack, but the vibration is much worse than just let it sitting on the bare floor. I tried to put the turntable on top of a sandbag, but it did not help much to reduce the rambling/distortion (or whatever you call) when the volume goes of 12 o'clock.

Any suggestion?
Would isolator help? What kind isolator would be good (Well under $100)?

Thanks for your opinion in advance.
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ihcho OP
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I've seen many wall mounts ad for turntable, but did not know whether they would work so well, as noted.
However, my current system is in main living room and I don't think my wife would allow me to hang the rack on the wall.
How about some of those isolation pads? Would they work as good as wall mount rack?
Many thanks for you thought.
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ihcho OP
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Many good advice.
Thanks.
I thought a pillow cover filled with sand would be as good an isolation device than any other, but I guess I was not right?
Aagin, my living room is wood floor. Among isolation platform (by nimbus or similar), wall mount rack (by Target or similar), and isolation pads, which would be best, per performance/price wise?
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