Pioneer PL200X Feet Replacement
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mccalljd
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There is a guy on Ebay who makes them sporadically for sale. There may be one set left. Search: PIONEER PL-100 PL-200 PL-250 PL-300 PL-400 Turntable Dampers PEB-163 (SALE) I almost hated to let you know about these because I use them a lot, but at some point if enough people ask about them, he'll probably make some more.
mccalljd
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The PL-100 through PL-400 series used the same suspension, which is designed to be bouncy. The tonearm and platter are all part of the same suspension mechanism. The rubber covers are to arrest the bounce when the turntable is jostled, like a shock absorber. The springs are not all the same tension, so hopefully you marked which ones are which when you took them off.
Chitown84
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Found him, ordered and being shipped already. Not a bad price at all either. Thanks
So once I get the rubber feet then it should help right? I mean I barely walked passed the unit and it jostled the stylus.
mccalljd
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It will help some, but if your floor is unbraced and deflects everytime you walk in that area, it's not going to solve the problem entirely. You'll have to figure out how to make the floor more solid or find another spot for the turntable. Some Sorbothane pucks under the feet will also help, but the up and down movement of your floor is going to trasmit through any material to some degree. Go to Ebay and search for 4 VIBRATION ISOLATION DISC CIRCLE FEET PAD 1.5inDIAx1/2inH 38mmx12.7mm firm 70D Look at the seller's other items for whatever fits your needs. But again, these are more for random non-directional vibrations like bass transmission from your speakers rather than large directional movement. You can get them in different densities, depending on how much dampening you want. Some people have gone to the extreme of hanging a platform from the ceiling rafters and putting their turntable on that, but it looks like too much trouble to me. If you get the Sorbothane discs, I would put some felt under them so they don't chemically react with any other finishes on your furniture. I once got a turntable which had a Sorbothane platter mat (a PL-400) and the off-gassing from the mat turned the dust cover an almost florescent yellow.
Chitown84
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Thank you very much for the help with that. I will look into that. Luckily this is only my backup turntable. my PL518 doesn't seem to have that issue as bad. This 200X is very sensitive though.
I have 'played' with these turntables a lot over the years and I quite like them. I currently have a PL-400X in mint condition that I restored a couple of years ago.
I had a bouncy floor in a previous house and I ended up doing the following:
Glue a thin sheet of rubber to the bottom of the steel chassis and bolt a 3mm steel sheet over that.
What it did was to add a non-resonant inertial mass to the suspended chassis (inertial mass resists movement).
The downside was that the suspension was found to hang slightly low because of the extra weight.
Next action was to make 4 2mm thick metal spacers which mount on the bottom ring of the springs to lift the chassis slightly.
Well it worked. I like to think it also sounded better, (possibly positive bias) but it definitely didn't sound worse. I was running a Sumiko Pearl on it at the time which is quite a decent cartridge anyway. It did improve the vibration damping though.
My current PL-400 has Pro-Ject pyramid shaped soft rubber feet, as used on the old Pro-Ject 1.2 decks, under the standard feet using PL-7 fixing screws (same thread but slightly longer) and that raises the turntable slightly which I think looks better, plus they provide some extra vibration damping. I found some decent suspension rubbers as well.
I had a bouncy floor in a previous house and I ended up doing the following:
Glue a thin sheet of rubber to the bottom of the steel chassis and bolt a 3mm steel sheet over that.
What it did was to add a non-resonant inertial mass to the suspended chassis (inertial mass resists movement).
The downside was that the suspension was found to hang slightly low because of the extra weight.
Next action was to make 4 2mm thick metal spacers which mount on the bottom ring of the springs to lift the chassis slightly.
Well it worked. I like to think it also sounded better, (possibly positive bias) but it definitely didn't sound worse. I was running a Sumiko Pearl on it at the time which is quite a decent cartridge anyway. It did improve the vibration damping though.
My current PL-400 has Pro-Ject pyramid shaped soft rubber feet, as used on the old Pro-Ject 1.2 decks, under the standard feet using PL-7 fixing screws (same thread but slightly longer) and that raises the turntable slightly which I think looks better, plus they provide some extra vibration damping. I found some decent suspension rubbers as well.
mnpctech.com of Minnesota manufactures replacement feet and/or pads for a plethora of turntables including the PL-200 (and 400). See the link for more information. PS- I have no affiliation with mnpctech, I am simply a recent and very happy customer.
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