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RE: Vibration Isolation Technical Article- Interesting

Posted by beach cruiser (A) on June 20, 2017 at 03:12:03

In Reply to: Vibration Isolation Technical Article- Interesting posted by mr.bear on June 19, 2017 at 23:41:21:

I enjoyed that, thanks.

I had never gone the tennis ball route, preferring, as instructed, halves of sponge rubber multi color balls, the kind that are now not around often, they have been replaced by high compression "super balls".

I had no method beyond following suggestions, and don't know if sonic improvement was ever achieved, but it felt like I was in the game. My system didn't have a real high level of resolution.

When it comes to isolation, I am glad I have a suspension turntable. I still have to be aware of the platform for optimum performance, but thank goodness I am not starting from scratch and had an audio engineer take a crack at the isolation situation before it became, solely, up to me.

I also have a couple of marble slabs to use in a mass loading situation, but I have mine only because the local department store was selling off the marble counter stones, used for candy making, I believe. I just figured they would be better than nothing.

Then , of course, in reading about marble , I came across almost the entire population of the earth saying it was only slightly better than tin sheeting set on springs for turntable isolation . So I added a typewriter isolation mat to the mix.

I bought a solid looking garage storage shelf to hang on the wall, and put the table and stones on that. (Note: if you are looking for nice looking shelves for a turntable without paying for audio furniture, forget it. Everything is bookshelf. THat's why Mr. Cheap here has garage shelves for audio furniture. )

However, you strike me as a guy that can figure a way to put those marble slabs to better purpose, and I would be interested in that..

I have used red brick for speaker stands, and stacks of red wood 4x4's for the amp and turntable supports, selected for mass and portability , and would be interested in any good sonic strategies.

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