Turntable stands

I've had my Linn on both a low coffee table (which sounded great... there's an Ikea table that some recommend) and on a Mana wall shelf. I prefer the wall shelf only because the TT is isolated from my floor.

Sayas:

CPdunn makes a good point (wall mount shelf) if floor vibrations/footfalls are a problem.

I have always had better luck/sound with my sprung TT's when either locating them near a support wall (sometimes in a "centrally" located closet in older Spanish/Victorian buildings in which @ least 2 of the closet walls are support structures) or when placing them on lite/rigid stands.

Heavy massive stands can sound quite good when placed on solid slab floors, but otherwise I really do not care for the sound of them.

You won't know for sure until you try both and judge the sound yourself.

Airborne vibrations are a pet peeve of mine which is why I have rarely ever installed a TT in my listening room (prefer to have them located in either a closed closet or if this is not possible then in an adjoining room). Been doing this since the early 70's long before people were generally concerned with racks/shelves, etc., and I usually placed the TT's directly on a wood floor.

I was w/o a TT for approx. 15 years and this time around I am using racks/shelves. I did try placing my TT on a very heavy cabinet in the living room @ one point, but the sound kind of sucked. I have wood/plaster floors which do have some spring to them as the plaster is cracked in many, many places (more cracked than solid:-).

I have my Teres 245/OL Silver/Shelter 501mk2 rig directly on concrete blocks, about two feet off the floor. The TT has three black diamond racing cones affixed to the bottom of the table. I think the concrete works well, but am open to other suggestions (maybe applying some additional wood or marble on top of the concrete??) I haven't experimented much with stands, so would be open to suggestions. My table is a heavy, unsuspended design (weighs something like 50lb, I think). I did however experiment with adding an AudioPoints Sistrum stand which is an expensive isolation using points on either side - I added this on top of the concrete, with the turntable suspended on the sistrum:
http://www.starsound.biz/SinglePlatforms.HTML
The results were not good. Suspending the table directly on the concrete with the stock black diamond racing cones gave a more rock solid performance.