woofer excursion at start of lp


Hello and thanks for reading-
No matter which LP I play, my speakers experience excess woofer excursion at start of playback. It gets less and less noticeable as the lp plays, after only an inch or so of playing its gone - no more woofer excursion (IE: after the first track plays) I suspect its my cartridge/arm set up, but the tracking force is dead on. All else seems fine. Any ideas??? Thanks.
tbromgard
You don't mention your turntable....you very likely would eliminate the problem with damping....and would bring better sound to your system as well. Your explanation of the problem indicates an "iffy" match of cartridge to tonearm.
Buy a KAB rumble filter for 179.00 and the problems will stop. It is stuffed with all the audiophile approved parts as well. I have used one for years with my VPI Scout and various moving coil cartridges. I changed cartridges, had the turntable professionally set up, bolted a shelf to the wall studs, moved the speakers around, tried both granite and maple platforms, experimented with 5 different kinds of cones and footers, and in the end....nothing could cure the woofers oscillating.

The KAB rumble filter inserted into the tape loop fixed all the problems and did not change the sound one bit, and I have a fairly resolving system. At least, I can't hear any differences.
Tbromgard,I've had tonearms that worked better with no anti-skating applied at all. Take off the anti-skating completly and rebalance arm ,then see if that works.
Another possibility. Isolation.
Given all your geometries are correct....
I noticed you are using an Ikea shelf, which is hollow. And your right speaker is relatively close to your turntable. I think you may be getting some kind of feedback.
My Mississippi River Rig has a Rega turntable on the same Ikea Expedit shelf and I was having the same issue. I was able to eliminate the problem by placing Vibrapods under the turntable feet. Sometimes rigid points are good isolators, sometimes sorborthane or some such softer system. In my case the softer footer did the trick on the Ikea. Might work for you too. Good luck.
Dave