wall rack and different shelf materials under TT


Yesterday I swapped a 3/4"x16"x16" walnut cutting board (very nicely custom made and priced from ebay memeber hardwood-lumber-co, not affiliated) under my Pro-ject Xpression III table with an Ortofon MC-3 turbo, speedbox and tube phono box II. The natural unoiled walnut matches my rack better than maple, even though the maple can run more dense, but just a bit more. I used to have a 1/4"x15"x15" porcelain tile piece under my table and the first impressions follow:

- walnut: more relaxed and little warmer sound, bass a little more subdued like when you put a pillow in a bass drum in the drum kit.

- porcelain: more accurate, a little brighter and a touch more bass slam.

I am going to do further listening with both to see which one wins out. There are the factory isolation cones under my turntable and the wall rack is steel bolted to the house studs. I also just got some Electro-Harmonix golds that I am going to roll into the tube phono box II.

Will keep everyone posted...

BTW, I got a 3/4"x10"x16" maple and cherry cutting board for the kitchen and total was $57 including shipping.
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I have two turntables on a common but nice TV stand.
The shelves are tempered glass, with a sand filled steel frame.
Under the Rega is an old VPI sprung TT shelf (which originally had a Rega Planar 3 on it) . Which in turn rests on rubber feet which rest on patio bricks, with rubber padding glued under them.
The other TT is a Kuzma Stabi with Stogi S arm. It is on a wood flooring sample I found two of with one inch thick exotic Brazilian hardwoods 14" by 14" or so, heavy as can be, like Teakwood, glued to a thin board. Knock on it, and dullish thud, like teak.
Very flat, perfect. (i sure would like a whole floor made of that stuff.)
That board rests on same rubber bottle stoppers, on top of the same sort of patio bricks with rubber padding.
The shelving unit is 15 feet from the speakers... And behind left of my listening position.