Turntable Isolation Hack

[dave225]

Long story about a great deal on a Tandberg TR2060 receiver I just picked up - but for now, I have to use this giant 1970's pressboard cabinet/ rack because the receiver is so wide. And now my turntable skips when I walk across the floor. So until I work out how to fix that (and I can't wall-mount the turntable like I have with my main, and also tried various feet and other spongy things..) I created this hammock for it. Does a great job of absorbing much of the floor deflection.

Two luggage straps screwed to the sides of the rack


This is just my office/ daytime setup, so I'm mostly in a chair all day and listening for a couple hours per day. A little ugly, but it works. But tell me, people with more expertise: How might this be negatively affecting the sound?

 

[Binkman]

Not a bad idea, I don't see any negatives.

 

[cgutz]

In college, our cheap apartment was an old WWII corrugated barracks. Floor was like a trampoline. We would hang the TT from the ceiling with ropes. If you did it right, it didn't swing too much

You also may know macrame plant hangers were popular in the same time period.

 

[marysdad]

You also may know macrame plant hangers were popular in the same time period.

Hung speakers from ceiling with those back in the day.

 

[Lavane]

In college, our cheap apartment was an old WWII corrugated barracks. Floor was like a trampoline. We would hang the TT from the ceiling with ropes. If you did it right, it didn't swing too much

You also may know macrame plant hangers were popular in the same time period.

I knew someone who did this. His floor was very bouncy. He hung the ropes at all four corners of the platform the turntable was on. The ropes were out from the corners at an angle instead of just straight down. This kept the turntable pretty steady.

 

[AudioWaters]

Very clever thinking, thanks for sharing!