Turntable Shelf

[rush2112guy]

I am looking for some ideas on turntable shelving for my rega. I just cant bring myself to spend $180.00 on the shelf that they make for their tables. Does anybody have any ideas???:scratch2:

Thaks for your help!

 

[CharlieBee]

A Pioneer Sx-1010 and Sansui 9090 work well for holding a couple of my turntables! Much better than a speaker which tends to make the needle jump out of the groove. I am not much help.

Charlie

 

[dogscanskate]

The cheapest one I know of would be an Ikea lack table which is under 20$and has countless threads over at AA, Naim Forum... It's light and rigid and recommended by many manufacturers such as Linn. It's also upgradable if you wish by adding spikes and such.

Of course, you can also make it a DIY project.

 

[kodawaru]

Look at the rack idea at tnt audio.
I built one using mdf shelves and those long threaded rods they have at lowes.
Easy to build easy to level and I just spray painted the shelves black.
Though you could go crazy and use any shelving material (I think he has one with marble shelves).

 

[oysterbar]

Take a look at the wall mount ideas here - http://www.theanalogdept.com/what's_under_your_table.htm

 

[rush2112guy]

TT Shelf

Thanks folks for giving me all of the great ideas! I want to try them all now!!!
Keep 'em coming!

Thanks , Guy

 

[kodawaru]

I love little tweaks you can do for free or almost free.
So I looked through some shipping boxes and found those inflatable air pouch things.
Anyways I put them between two mdf planks and viola! Instant isolation shelf!

 

[Rock6x]

I love little tweaks you can do for free or almost free.
So I looked through some shipping boxes and found those inflatable air pouch things.
Anyways I put them between two mdf planks and viola! Instant isolation shelf!

Great idea! I see those all the time at work. Have to bring one home sometime.

But if I wanted to be mean, I could bring a needle to your house & ruin your day.

 

[kodawaru]

Ouch!
No fair!
I don't think I want to hear my thorens slowly go way out of level.

 

[Rock6x]

Ouch!
No fair!
I don't think I want to hear my thorens slowly go way out of level.

Was JK you know....

Hey, if you get time, could you put a picture up of your shelf? Or link us to the rods you used to make it? Offer some tips? I think I might do this one day, but we're so broke at the moment, it will have to be a DIY project. Adjustable rods from Lowes sounds like a good/inexpensive way to go? :scratch2:

 

[rush2112guy]

Nice avatar Rock six times I am a big Starz fan as well

 

[kodawaru]

Was JK you know....

Hey, if you get time, could you put a picture up of your shelf? Or link us to the rods you used to make it? Offer some tips? I think I might do this one day, but we're so broke at the moment, it will have to be a DIY project. Adjustable rods from Lowes sounds like a good/inexpensive way to go? :scratch2:

I know. I just got a funny picture of a pissed off SO poping your turntable cushion.
As for the rack http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/flexye.html.
The home site http://www.tnt-audio.com also has a lot of good stuff on it.

 

[Rock6x]

I know. I just got a funny picture of a pissed off SO poping your turntable cushion.
As for the rack http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/flexye.html.
The home site http://www.tnt-audio.com also has a lot of good stuff on it.

Yep. Scary. My wife would do something like that if I made her mad enough. She's feisty like that.

About the rack, I was thinking wall shelf when reading your post. But that looks pretty cool! And very do-able. I'd really prefer that if it works well on cutting down the vibration, as we're renting at the moment, and even though I could probably fix whatever I took down from the wall, a movable rack would make a lot more sense. Thanks for the link!

Rush2112 ~
And a great screen name as well. IMO, their absolute opus of an album. :thmbsp:

 

[Fred Longworth]

From an engineering point of view, you want a shelf to either have enormous effective mass, so that external vibrations have to move that enormous mass in order ot be transmitted to the turntable body, OR you want the turntable to be superbly decoupled from the shelf so that vibrations in the shelf will be decoupled from the turntable body per se.

Which approach you adopt depends on the floor under your audio rig. If the floor is thick, hard and heavy (e.g. concrete) then the best solution is a heavy cabinet with a thick, sturdy shelf. If the floor is susceptible to vibrations (e.g. wood) then I suggest decoupling the turntable from the shelving using additional cushioning material.

Fred