if your turntable was designed with a suspension, you should keep it working that way. the suspension is designed to absorb the sinusoidal waves emanating from your speakers. the spurious vibrations created by trucks, footsteps or a dropped object are not sinusoidal waveforms. they would look more like a square wave (spurious vibrations) and can cause feedback through your speakers. so i believe it was sota's design objective to suppress the sound waves coming out of your speakers. i hope this answers your question. if it were my turntable, i would never defeat the suspension of the sota.
What type of turntable should I use?
I have a Sota Star Sapphire which uses hanging suspension but I'm wondering if I need any suspension at all.
My listening room is part of my finished basement. I live on a block where there is very little traffic. It is not a through street. So I don't get trucks and other heavy vehicles rumbling past causing vibrations.
My stand is very solid. I cannot detect vibrations from the speakers when I hold my hand on the equipment rack shelves.
All of this stuff can be seen by clicking on "my system."
What all of this is leading up to is, do I need a turntable with suspension, AND is there an advantage to having an unsuspended turntable?
My listening room is part of my finished basement. I live on a block where there is very little traffic. It is not a through street. So I don't get trucks and other heavy vehicles rumbling past causing vibrations.
My stand is very solid. I cannot detect vibrations from the speakers when I hold my hand on the equipment rack shelves.
All of this stuff can be seen by clicking on "my system."
What all of this is leading up to is, do I need a turntable with suspension, AND is there an advantage to having an unsuspended turntable?