What is under your TT, cheap islolation?


I am looking for a way to isolate my turntable without using a shelf bolted to the wall. I am trying to save money while I re-configure the room. For now my turntable is on top of my stand but you have to tip toe around the room. I am wondering if a big rock iso platform (or DYI version) or some iso nodes under a butcher block would help with the bouncing turntable? I have two tables I am testing at the moment, one is a Thorens TD-160 & the other is a VPI HW19 MKII, both of them suspended. The floors are pretty sturdy, it is a dedicated room over my garage with serious supports built in to the floor.
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Showing 1 response by larryi

I have no problems with isolation from footfall with my set up. I have a 5 foot tall Zoethecus rack sitting on a suspended wood floor. But, the rack is actually fixed to a nearby wall using angle brackets attached to a cleat that is, in turn attached to the wall. My table is a Basis Debut.

I generally find that lighter tables with spring suspensions to be the most susceptible to problems with footfall. Big heavy tables that have damped spring suspensions work the best. It is analogous to big heavy cars riding over bumps in the road.

For your temporary set up, I would think that the easiest, and cheapest experiment at isolation would be sorbothane pucks. They do a very good job of dissipating the energy from the movement of the floor without itself oscillating.