Turntable Shelf

Mike

Mike

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I'm thinking about getting a turntable shelf since my listening room has a subfloor.

Any recommendations?
 
When someone mentions a shelf to me I vision a supported platform held in place on a wall with brackets. Your not thinking of trusting your Kronos to a shelf are you ?
 
CPP said:
When someone mentions a shelf to me I vision a supported platform held in place on a wall with brackets. Your not thinking of trusting your Kronos to a shelf are you ?
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I am, but I would have it 1/2 inch above a proper shelf - just in case.
 
CPP said:
When someone mentions a shelf to me I vision a supported platform held in place on a wall with brackets. Your not thinking of trusting your Kronos to a shelf are you ?
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Why not? This is a tried and trusted method of truly isolating a table from floor-borne vibrations . Contrary to popular belief , the Kronos is NOT immune to floor vibrations . Something like this works a treat & will support 140 lbs.

http://www.finite-elemente.de/englisch-1/hifi-racks/pagode-master-reference-wall/
 
Alternatively, I've had good results with a Vibraplane but they're as ugly as sin , might upset Mike's delicate sensibilities....
 
I second Shodhan's reco for the Finite Element shelf. That was going to be my reco :thumbsup:
 
Well from my experience and I had a room just like Mikes, unless the wall is an exterior wall your going to get vibrations on an interior wall unless the interior wall was a load bering wall and was poured. Our exterior walls, were block, rebar and poured concrete top to bottom. But I see Mikes objective. Maybe be a solid wall shelf with an isolation platform will do the trick. Ps: anything is worth a try. No harm no foul
 
How about hanging it from the ceiling? Might be an interesting experiment. Though, could be ugly I suppose.
 
MikeCh said:
How about hanging it from the ceiling? Might be an interesting experiment. Though, could be ugly I suppose.
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I did that once with a Thorens table I had many years ago. I hated it. The table swung more than a bisexual at an orgy.
 
+1 Yes you could cable suspend a Quadraspire shelf and place an isolation platform on top of that. You need thick cable to minimise swing and it has to be tensioned exactly.
 
I use a Minus K and could not be more pleased. It eliminates all floor born noise. Not sure if it works well with a suspended table though.

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RedSectorA said:
I use a Minus K and could not be more pleased. It eliminates all floor born noise. Not sure if it works well with a suspended table though.

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Mike,
if this is for the kronos, why anything other than Louis' dedicated kronos stand?
Lots of conflicting notions of whether it makes sense to isolate suspended tables. If the designer created a stand, Louis likely had a tech/SQ reason for it. I'd suggest asking him. He knows your house/room and setup.
 
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http://www.minusk.com

I personally use a BM-8 with a Clearaudio Master Solution. I can hit the furniture the turntable is sitting on and won't hear anything through the needle, at any SPL. The Minus K brought the noise level down significantly from what it was before.

My review from a while back:

http://www.audioshark.org/vibration...us-k-bm-8-isolation-platform-review-2137.html










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