Best rack for non-suspension turntable?


I have a Well-Tempered Classic turntable. For those unfamiliar, it does not have any internal suspension.

Does anyone have an opinion about the best type of equipment rack for this kind of table? My options are the Naim Fraim (I have Naim electronics, but the Fraim is obscenely expensive) which is rigid with glass shelves or the Isoblue which is composed of layers of different woods (so I'm told).

The Fraim supposedly is unbeatable with a suspension table like an LP12, but I'm not sure how it would work with a non-suspended table.

Any opinions?
turboglo

Showing 2 responses by gundam91

Just an idea. I am currently using Solid Tech racks. They have two lines, Radius and Rack of Silence. With Radius, you can add springs under each and every shelf. With the Rack of Silence, you can also isolate even more with springs except the top and bottom shelf. See the following page for more information:

http://www.solid-tech.net/extreem.htm#2

I have the reference level Rack of Silence in my main system. It works well with everything in my system except the turntable. I have the Michell Orbe SE, a suspension table. So I placed a butcher block atop the top shelve and set the table on it. Seem to work well.

I have a totally tweaked-out Radius in my study room holding my headphone-based system. It has springs under each shelf and isolation feet under the rack.

Prior to the recent change, I was using Solidsteel racks.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Solid-Tech. Just a happy customer.

FrankC
I was on the same camp as Tbg until we swapped out the 400 lb slab that my friend had under his BAT tube amp and replaced it with a Grand Prix amp stand. He had tried many stands and ended up settling on a piece of slab that he was using under a vibration sensitive microscope at work.

When I first saw the Grand Prix and learned how much he had paid for it, I thought he was nuts. After I got to hold the Grand Prix which weighs like 10 lbs, I thought he was even nuttier. But when we placed the amp on the Grand Prix, our mouths dropped down to the floor. There were 4 of us in the room. We went back and forth several times just to confirm that we were not imagining things. That prompted me to look into racks. If you look at Sold Tech's white papers, you will see some test results of before and after vibration measurements. So, now I don't believe that "mass" is the ONLY solution.

FrankC