How to properly isolate a turntable?


When I hook up my turntable and drop the needle I get some very bad cone movement , this happens also when there is a lot of bass and drums. I would like to know how to properly isolate a turntable to avoid rumble. How can this be done without moving the turntable away from the speakers? Any suggestions?
decapg

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As Metralla suggests, so long as its not airborne it should be easy to isolate your table from floor borne vibrations.

If you are into home made (cheap) solutions I would take 2 types of materiel that will absorb vibrations and make a sandwich of it under your turntable. I would use something like (or actually) sorbothane between your stand surface and a sheet of something relatively hard like, well, hard wood. That should kill most incoming vibrations being transmitted thru your floors/stand. At least it won't cost much to find out if your going in the right direction before you buy anything well thought out and available commercially. If you have to start off commercially test before you buy to be sure that corrects your problem. This sandwich concept is well know and is even incorporated by some TT manufacturers into the base of the TT's which are not suspended (as yours).
Now if your problem is 'air borne' you might fix it by relocating your TT to somewhere in the room with minimal bass nodes, that is probably the best and cheapest solution. Again, try this before you start buying fixes that might or might not work.

Lastly, you might have a set up problem, that is your have a mis-match between the mass of your arm and the compliance of the cartridge, enuf so the effect trickles up into the audible frequency when there is also strong low bass energy from the recording and or system. I doubt it, but its possible.

And if that don't work, stop 'dropping' the needle! (Sorry I couldn't resist.)