Best Turntable Isolation Materials

[Trell]

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.

Levitating Table - Yanko Design

Designed with eyes on the future, this striking table was inspired by the Maglev train's use of magnetic technology and applies the same levitating principles to a functional, futuristic dining table. Using an electromagnetic suspension system, the table levitates above a steel plate while...

www.yankodesign.com

 

[GO-NAD!]

try a wall mounted rack, I know quite a few that have with excellent results

That's an interesting idea. Not sure I have a wall space for it, but worth consideration.

Thanks!

 

[GO-NAD!]

Perhaps some maglev will work for you.

Levitating Table - Yanko Design

Designed with eyes on the future, this striking table was inspired by the Maglev train's use of magnetic technology and applies the same levitating principles to a functional, futuristic dining table. Using an electromagnetic suspension system, the table levitates above a steel plate while...

www.yankodesign.com

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

 

[Trell]

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

Vacuum cleaning will be much easier! How is that for practicality?

 

[TLS Guy]

That's why I specified CD4....

a quick overview is provided here:

Compatible Discrete 4 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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]

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.

 

[dlaloum]

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.

 

[Stanton]

The TipToes- mostly used for speakers, right?

Yes--at least for me...but not necessarily "spiked".

 

[highfigh]

Yes--at least for me...but not necessarily "spiked".

IIRC, the brand and name 'Tip Toes' was sold in the 1980s to a couple of brothers in the Milwaukee area- I rarely see them but I can ask next time. They were customers at the stereo store where I got my start in audio and they were speaker builders, eventually starting their own company.