If the wall you will be mounting to is not a load bearing wall please be very very careful. First time I put my tt on a wall shelf, the shelf was not mounted to a load bearing wall and it actually made matters worse. In my particular case that wall was very resonant (I found out); probably due to the pocket doors in the same wall at the opposite end of the room. Sure, the footfall problem had been solved, but I was then not able to listen to music at the same volume as before without inducing terrible feedback. I reconfigured my set up and moved the wall shelf to a load bearing wall and the problem was solved. Good luck.
Wall mounting on studs
Hi everyone,
I'm mounting my turntable on the wall, and the shelf system is designed to span over 3 studs (and uses all 3). Since my studs in the wall are currently not where I want them to be, I'm just going to open up the wall and install new studs so my shelf can be installed exactly where I want it to be. My question is, should I just add new studs running vertically from floor to ceiling, or can I add 2x4s horinzontally between the existing studs that are 16" apart? I'm not concerned about cost or difficulty - I just want to know from a performance point of view, what's best to minimize vibration to the shelf?
Thanks!
Pierre
I'm mounting my turntable on the wall, and the shelf system is designed to span over 3 studs (and uses all 3). Since my studs in the wall are currently not where I want them to be, I'm just going to open up the wall and install new studs so my shelf can be installed exactly where I want it to be. My question is, should I just add new studs running vertically from floor to ceiling, or can I add 2x4s horinzontally between the existing studs that are 16" apart? I'm not concerned about cost or difficulty - I just want to know from a performance point of view, what's best to minimize vibration to the shelf?
Thanks!
Pierre