My 'table sits upon a platform that is a sandwich of marble, military constrained damping and steel. Its pretty dead.
That in turn sits on a custom Sound Anchors stand that is sand-filled. The stand is built to accommodate not only the platform and turntable, but also an identical platform on which my preamp resides. The stand has 3 additional shelves for other gear.
The stand in turn rests on a set of Aurios Pro bearings, which relieve side to side motion and vibration. Prior to this footfalls were a problem; the bearings solved that.
At this point I can play the system as loud as I want and there is no hint of strain at any level up to about 112 db (measured) at which point my amps are clipping. That's pretty loud! -yet the system remains relaxed, (apparently) at any volume. Its worth a lot to insure that the front end of the system is not subject to vibration!
That in turn sits on a custom Sound Anchors stand that is sand-filled. The stand is built to accommodate not only the platform and turntable, but also an identical platform on which my preamp resides. The stand has 3 additional shelves for other gear.
The stand in turn rests on a set of Aurios Pro bearings, which relieve side to side motion and vibration. Prior to this footfalls were a problem; the bearings solved that.
At this point I can play the system as loud as I want and there is no hint of strain at any level up to about 112 db (measured) at which point my amps are clipping. That's pretty loud! -yet the system remains relaxed, (apparently) at any volume. Its worth a lot to insure that the front end of the system is not subject to vibration!