I want to upgrade my Turntable to something heavier

@alahankbear 

I would highly recommend considering the Holbo air-bearing system although it may be just outside your price range.

The total mass of the deck is 12-kg, excluding the power and air supply unit.  Of this, the platter is a hefty 5-kg.

I decided to put mine on a pretty solid platform from the get-go.  Starting with a SolidSteel S2 rack, I added two slabs of sandstone which cost about $100, sitting on eight Sorbothane hemispheres (roughly another $100) for about 70-kg all-up mass excluding the rack.

My German Shepherds are no more, but I think the Holbo would have won!

If your floors are springy and you have footfall and vibration issues your best (only) answer is a wall mount shelf. Upgrading your turntable to a heavier model will do almost nothing to solve your problem. A wall mount shelf is also an answer to the dog problem. When my son was young I had my table on a wall shelf at eye level. He could not reach it and as you age into retirement you will love not bending over to flip the side or tweak your setup. All phono signals are balanced and so benefit from truly balanced downstream connections and components so do that as well.

I’m primarily a digital listener but I’m curious about the phono balanced issue.  My phono pre amp isn’t balanced and it’s quiet and I like it, having spun a few Laps yesterday for the first time in weeks.  However years ago I had a ground loop hum that wouldn’t go away unless I unplugged the analog system.  I sold off the analog and the new owner who had been warned about the issue had no problems.  It never happened with my current setup and my current phono preamp isn’t balanced balanced.  Are balanced phono preamps less likely to have issues like this?

I suggest you focus on turntables that have air bearing platters and, if possible, air bearing tonearms. It narrows your field quite a bit.  They are amazing at reducing vibrations and resonance.

 I don’t know your price range, but options exist.

You won’t be sorry if you go this route.

alahankbear OP

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04-21-2026 at 10:10pm 

@slaw My house is pretty small, and the Stereo and home theater are all in the living room.
 

So with the suspended floors, does your turntable currently live in/on a TV stand? The tv stands are wobbly/bouncy and will exacerbate your problem with footfalls or when dogs are running around. Heavier turntable will not help with this at all.

The answer to the problem is either a very heavy and stable component rack or an aforementioned wall mount. Solidsteel S2 or S3 component racks should be good. I would take a good look at this first before you spend money on a table and fix nothing.