I am moving my equipment, including a turntable, to a room other than where I have my speakers. I have a wooden floor, with a crawl-space below. I have to drill holes thru the floor to run speaker cables underneath. I was thinking of drilling 4 more holes, each for one leg of my stand, and running rebar, or similar material right down into the ground, and suspending my stand on those steel rods with no floor contact. Thus, for vibration purposes, I am truly grounded, and the washer and dryer on other side of the wall will not affect my system. Thoughts?
Isolation stands: snakeoil?
I understand that turntables are uniquely effected by vibrations due thier sensitivity to that kind of energy. But here’s the thing: most turntables, especially decent ones, have vibration control measures built into them via footers and various construction techniques. So, the question is: are turntable stands / shelves with isolation features actually beneficial or are they just horrendously overpriced accessories for audiophiles?
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What’s shakin’? Uh, the whole house is shaking! Not just the listening room. You know, due to all the traffic, Earth crust motion, wind, ocean waves hitting the shore, what have you. Besides it’s a no brainer to isolate the speakers these days, it’s really quite the fad. Saves a lot of time and effort. |
@lalitk hate to break it to you but digital equipment is just as susceptible to vibration. Just this morning I tried swapping a set of <.5mm constrained layer damping sheets below the base under my master clock (this is a 10Mhz clock that drives the system clock in my DCS stack) -- the effect was quite audible (and in this case negative) Surprised no one has brought up active isolation (herzan etc) -- you can see the measurable impact via the pics in my virtual system https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/5707#&gid=1&pid=14 |
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