Hi, I'm struggling with turntable choice. I have a big, 2.5 or 3 meters long ikea rack. Floorstanding, on wheels. Heavy. Old so I don't remember the name. Hope you can imagine. It's like a multi shelf case but put on its side and on wheels. I want to get into vinyl, but I can't sell this rack and I don't have space for another one. So which turntable would be ok there? I'm thinking about thorens td-309 or avid ingenium plug and play. Thorens has springs in feet. Avid is just the same price point and I like the look of it though I don't know about its isolation. I thought about rega p6 too but it requires only shelf mount I heard and very demanding. What turntable should I get around the same price? Maybe something with springs in their feet too but the ones I found are more expensive, much much more (oracle or avid volvere). Can't afford them. Also wall shelf is impossible now. Also I can place my tt on a separate suspension plate but it shouldn't be too high as I'm disabled and I will operate it from the floor. What is the best isolated turntable for the rack I described? And I know people don't like ikea in hifi. I can't change it though as much as I'd love to... Thank you!
Turntable choice based on rack
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A 4 x 2 Kallax or Expedit (older version) with 3/4" plywood and foam spacers is under my Kenwood and AR right now. It's full of records too so it's pretty darn heavy. No wheels but even with them it would be very solid. I don't think it would be a problem for any of the tables you mention.
Sorry for the delay, I am from Europe and the time difference might be big for American members here. Yes, the description is great, I mean if kallax is 4x2 let my thing be 5x1 and on wheels. But otherwise it looks just like kallax. Only one storey. I tried to test is with some of my family walking normally (not stomping) in the room and all I could test on now is a glass of water, but no footfall issues observed there, not even a millimeter. But of course this is a rough test. Here is a picture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9VCXAQ2EhGOGwWUH1jX_m8KjLbWiFiw/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9VCXAQ2EhGOGwWUH1jX_m8KjLbWiFiw/view?usp=drivesdk