Best Turntable Isolation Materials

Trell

Trell

Audioholic Spartan
What a coincidence. I've been wondering what material to use under my turntable to stop the needle skipping when I walk around. If I step lightly, it's fine. But, a "normal" step within about a metre is guaranteed to cause a skip.
Perhaps some maglev will work for you. :p


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GO-NAD!

GO-NAD!

Audioholic Spartan
Perhaps some maglev will work for you. :p


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Well, I'm glad you kept your recommendation within the realm of practicality. :p
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
That's why I specified CD4....

a quick overview is provided here:
Oh yes! I had forgotten about that. It was another audio dead end. Manufacturers did not include decoders. The system failed to work as advertised in the home. The public wisely never accepted it. It had a very short life in the 1970s, probably less than four years. That was prime example of dead end technology.
 
ski2xblack

ski2xblack

Audioholic Samurai
What a coincidence. I've been wondering what material to use under my turntable to stop the needle skipping when I walk around. If I step lightly, it's fine. But, a "normal" step within about a metre is guaranteed to cause a skip.
We had similar problems. The solution I implemented is similar to what @Mikado463 did, only instead of a butcher block I used a granite slab (leftover from kitchen remodel, it was the sink cutout from the new countertop). The slab was further isolated from the rather heavy credenza it's on with three of those ballistic gel stress balls you find in the checkout lane at the local hardware store. Under all that weight, they pancake out such that they're not visible. Between the slight squish and all the mass, it's now capable of withstanding a clydesdale dance party.
 
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dlaloum

Full Audioholic
Oh yes! I had forgotten about that. It was another audio dead end. Manufacturers did not include decoders. The system failed to work as advertised in the home. The public wisely never accepted it. It had a very short life in the 1970s, probably less than four years. That was prime example of dead end technology.
Yes - CD4 died (although some excellent very high quality material was put out - and later re-released using digital surround formats!)
But along the way, it led to order of magnitude improvements in vinyl tech - from needle shapes, through cantilever types/effective mass, to vinyl compound composition... it defined the state of the art.... and led to a level that currently cannot be matched.
 
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