Asahitoro. Don't bother with granite. Use 4 inch air dried maple from Mapleshade. I had wrote a long post but it got lost in a bad connection. Oh well.
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I got my butcher block from Butcher Block Acoustics the other day. It took about 6 weeks because I had mine done at a custom size to fit my Solidsteel WS-5 wall shelf. It came with cork/rubber pads for feet, which I am using to support the block on the shelf. For the turntable I have changed out the spikes on the feet for a set of isoAcoustics Gaia III feet (normally used for speakers, and I have the Gaia II on my Dyn C2s). It looks and works great. I am going to try out some HRS Nimbus pucks instead of the provided cork/rubber feet to see if that makes a difference. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4864/45893515952_dc0f5bece2_c.jpg |
I googled Mapleshade and they use ambrosia maple which is any maple that has been infested with the ambrosia beetle. I don't know what exactly the type of maple they use and maples on the Janka scale vary quite a bit. So just guessing which maple, just look at what type of maple grows in Penn Amish country. |
I use this block ontop of Mapleshade Isoblocks: https://www.butcherblock.com/product/18-x-12-x-3-cutting-board/ I have two turntables, a Mofi StudioDeck that features sprung-loaded feet and a Triangle Art Concerto with upgraded platter; the platter is much more massive than the standard model platter and the base+platter easily weighs 40 lbs. The MoFi seemed to like being on the cutting board with the Mapleshade Isoblocks isolating it from the rack. It didn’t seem to like Rollerblocks under the cutting board and it hated having Isoblocks under the turntable’s spring feet. I assumed the feet were designed to work with a certain amount of feedback from the surface they sit on. The Triangle Art gear have little rubber nub feet. I can’t say that being on vs being off the board makes any difference but I haven’t tested this extensively since moving it around is a pain in the butt. I’m torn between putting the large TA speed controller box on the board or off -- currently its on. |
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with that Janka scale rating it would be hard maple. I sell hardwood lumber and was just curious what the preferred type seemed to be. Thanks for the input. |