SME owners, what is your table sitting on?

My SME10 is on the top shelf of a four shelf Zoethecus on a suspended floor. I put columns in my basement directly under the two front legs of my rack. The two back legs are up against the wall very close to a major 8X10 beam. I have no problem with footfalls. My kids dance right in the middle of my room with no skipping etc.

However, I would like some better isolation so am considering moving up the SME line or getting some kind of anti-vibration platform like Vibraplane or Halcyonics for under my table.

I do find that the Zoethecus is not as rigid as some other racks but this is becoming an expensive area in the hobby.

I have an SME 10. It is unsuspended with very little isolation from the rubber feet. About two weeks ago I bought a used Townshend Seismic Sink on Audiogon. Boy, what a difference it made! Everything sounds much more clear and focused. Bass, especially, is more articulate, has more weight and subjectively, seems to have greater extension and impact. I can't believe the bass quality and quantity that I am now getting from my mini monitors and it has a lot to do with the added isolation for the turntable. I think this tweak gets the SME 10 a bit closer to the 20 or 30. I just did not know that isolation made such a big difference. I'm sure that a Vibraplane or Minus K/Halcyonics would be even better, but the Sink was a very cost-effective improvement.

I have replaced the Townshend Seismic Sink that was under my unsuspended SME Model 10 with a Vibraplane. The Vibraplane is more effective at isolating the turntable. It works in both the horizontal and vertical planes. The TSS was good but the Vibraplane is better. I later added a piece of plate steel for ballast weighing 136 lbs to preload the Vibraplane closer to its design limit. This further improved the isolation.

I have since bought more Seismic Sinks for under the electronics on my rack. The most critical component for isolation IMO is the turntable, so the Vibraplane is under it.

The result is much better detail retrieval, better bass and a much better sense of the recording space. I just hear more of what is on the LP. The Vibraplane has made a tremendous difference. Photos can be viewed on my system page.