BTW,
I was originally going to purchase a frosted block of acrylic as the base on which to place the turntable. My rational was that, while the Transrotor turntable is beautifully made, I'm not crazy about silver as an aesthetic. So I intended to play with the reflectivity and turn it into a virtue; the acrylic bloc would have an LED light strip affixed to the back so it would glow in whatever color(s) I choose, lighting up the turntable.
(You can get such ready-made blocks online).
However, I had originally been set on some very nice turntables, for instance the VPI Prime Signature in Rosewood, because I love me some beautiful wood. Turned out the Transrotor was just the better bargain all told in terms of what I was getting for a lower price.
But I still wanted to satisfy my desire for introducing some nice wood into the picture, hence I'm putting the turntable on a nice block of wood.
I'm also keeping the idea of lighting up the turntable with LEDs, either by placing the LED strip on an acrylic panel in front of the wood base, or hidden on a raised (about 1/2" tall) ridge at the front of the wood base.
I grabbed a Philips Hue light strip and played around; it makes the Transrotor table look quite spectacular!
So up to this point I would have the Townshend Seismic Pods sitting on the top (thin) MDF shelf of the Lovan rack, holding up a 2" thick wood base, on which the turntable will sit. But now I'm thinking I may add a thicker, more firm piece for the Seismic Pods to sit on: maybe a little sandwich thing like: top MDF Lovan shelf/layer of cork or something like that/granite or thicker MDF slab - and then the Pods holding up the wood base/turntable.
What a rabbit hole one can go down on this stuff!