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In Reply to: Re: think about what that posted by wengler on August 6, 2005 at 16:34:09:
hello,listen to eli....the rumbles are very damaging on many levels. what kind of phono are you using? does it already have a filter that you perhaps have not actuated?
as far as touching your rack leading to that kind of woofer flapping, you really don't have the isolation necessary for your setup. i was in this same sort of position a few years ago with a bouncey thorens table. the before and after is quite substantial. a cost effective solution could be a heavy sandbox. its a nice product, but i'm not sure the vibrapods will help in this situation.
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I think that a part of my problem is that my equipment rack is very cheap; it is a K-mart bookshelf made out of MDF and plastic. Would a better quality rack help isolate the turntable better?
you could always move your TT to a different platform just for the purpose of isolation. even some ikea table + a sandbox will be 10x better than a plastic rack.
Well, I have two problems: space and money. I'm going away to college at the end of the month and even though I will be living in apartment style residency that will allow me much more space than an average cramped dorm room, I don't want to take up space with a seperate platform or large unwieldy audio rack. Also, I really don't want to spend much more than 100 dollars on a new rack. I'd rather spend that money on new music. If I must get a new rack, would something like this work out fine?:http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_16/602-7204349-0162242?_encoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0000DZDYV
Cinder blocks are usually less than a buck each, four of them and a piece of wooden shelf cut to size on top would do good job, or at least better than your plastic unit. All you really pay for is the shelf so that would get you in waay under $100. Pain in the ass to move though...
you do realize taking your table to college is not exactly the best way to keep it alive? :-) i had 1200's and even those were in jeopardy every time i threw a party.i have zero experience with the thing, but i'm gonna take a wild guess and say a 120 buck target stand won't cut it. if you're gonna be a proper student and all, you need to get some cinder blocks and MDF going...it'll work. i've done it.
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