Most definitely, pay attention to the room. Spend some time working with speaker placement. Start reading as much as you can find on DIY acoustic tweaks and treatments. If you look at the FAQ page over at www.audioasylum.com you'll find a link to Jon Risch's webpage that has alot of good information on effective treatments you can make that will improve the sound in your listening room. Bass traps would be a good place to start. Once you get the room right you will be surprised how much more you hear from your setup.
What can I improve in my turntable setup?
Hello - I'm new to this group.
I think things should sound better, so the first thing I will do is see if I'm missing something obvious in the Turntable set-up.
I just moved into this new house.
The listening room:
It is a carpeted, finished basement equivilant to a large living room with a hallway that leasd to other rooms.
Basis 1400 Turntable... (no suspension)
Rega 900 Arm.....
Benz LO-4 Cartridge......
Nitty Gritty Cleaning machine
Decca Brush
Zerostat
LP#9 stylus cleaner.
Tracking at just under 2 gm.
Alligned with "Wally Tractor"
The turntable is floor mounted. It sits on about 100 pounds of cement. 3 adjustable bolts on the bottom of the cement block level the platform.
a 1/4 in. thick plexiglass dust cover covers the turntable and sits on weather stripping on the cement table.
I read that wall mounting a turntable has some advantages.
In my case - I think floor mounting is better because the concrete basement floor is pretty sturdy and will vibrate less than the walls (even though I bonded the wall studs to the concrete basement walls with expanding foam)
Any suggestions?
Steve
I think things should sound better, so the first thing I will do is see if I'm missing something obvious in the Turntable set-up.
I just moved into this new house.
The listening room:
It is a carpeted, finished basement equivilant to a large living room with a hallway that leasd to other rooms.
Basis 1400 Turntable... (no suspension)
Rega 900 Arm.....
Benz LO-4 Cartridge......
Nitty Gritty Cleaning machine
Decca Brush
Zerostat
LP#9 stylus cleaner.
Tracking at just under 2 gm.
Alligned with "Wally Tractor"
The turntable is floor mounted. It sits on about 100 pounds of cement. 3 adjustable bolts on the bottom of the cement block level the platform.
a 1/4 in. thick plexiglass dust cover covers the turntable and sits on weather stripping on the cement table.
I read that wall mounting a turntable has some advantages.
In my case - I think floor mounting is better because the concrete basement floor is pretty sturdy and will vibrate less than the walls (even though I bonded the wall studs to the concrete basement walls with expanding foam)
Any suggestions?
Steve