you can laugh if you want to

[Rat44]

I have wondered about closed cell foam as a turntable bed instead of the popular sand. Anybody use it ?

 

[jdandy]

A set of four #2 Vibrapods will do the trick for about $25.00.

 

[Lady Ayeka]

me and my sister used to play with those in the pool over ten years back. i fully expect to see sets of those available at ACOUSTIC SOUNDS any day now selling for $499.95 with highly lyrical catalog descriptions bordering on bedroom talk...

 

[stuwee]

they had lime green as well. the orange looked better i think.

the foam is quite firm. was pleasantly surprised to find such a piece

Yeppers, you're my kinda guy! How 'bout some #20 stickers for your new footers?? Much better, faster transient response, not to mention can take a licking and keep on ticking

stuwster

 

[stuwee]

me and my sister used to play with those in the pool over ten years back. i fully expect to see sets of those available at ACOUSTIC SOUNDS any day now selling for $499.95 with highly lyrical catalog descriptions bordering on bedroom talk...

:nono:

 

[Rybeam]

Water based spray paint, solvent based may melt the foam.

 

[Lady Ayeka]

Water based spray paint, solvent based may melt the foam.

judging by my past experiences as a scale modeler, i would agree...

 

[pioneervato]

How about hockey pucks? I just bought a bag of seven at GW today and thought they might make for good isolators placed under the existing feet. They seem pretty dense and wondered how well they might work to isolate any resonances. I will have to give it a try.

 

[budgetaudio6]

ive already painted a set gloss black and a little bit of the grey primer for high lites. i think ill wait for it to be functional before i use the pieces. not sure if theyre solvent based paints. but the foam didnt melt.

 

[budgetaudio6]

sorry but this thread has me laughing. THANKS AGAIN SA 708.

currently going through my old threads.

 

[Machineghost]

No reason it should not be of benefit.

At first glance I thought you used salami or cheese... lol!

 

[kotofei]

Great idea, but how you will level the turntable with these four orange "feet"?

 

[24HACKER]

Black broad Sharpie - should do the trick.

 

[budgetaudio6]

i havent had any problems with it sounding off or anything like that. it just plays music as it should.

 

[melofelo]

great idea :thmbsp: might try this myself under the feet of my existing akai ap-206c :scratch2:

 

[boreas]

As a general proposition, that stuff does work. I've been using pipe insulation, essentially the same stuff, inserted into plastic plumbing unions as the feet on my PL-560. What I'm discovering is that, over time, the foam is permanently compressed by the weight of the turntable. I'm sure that, if I let it, the foam would compress until the turntable bottomed out on the turntable base (in your case) or the unions (in mine).

Still, as I said, it works. In the 6 or so months since I began using the insulation, I've had to replace it twice (2nd time was just yesterday) so I've been getting maybe three months out of each set of feet.

A trick for cutting it: Wrap the "noodle" in masking tape with the edge of the tape at the point where you want to make your cut. Then, using one of those snap-off utility knives with the blade extended several inches, place the blade on your cut line and apply light pressure. Then, with your free hand, spin the noodle while keeping your blade "plumb". Works just fine.

For my next trick I think I'm going to insert handballs, maybe half handballs, into the plumbing unions. They're the same diameter as the inside of the unions. Whole balls will elevate the table more than I'd like but half balls may lose too much of their strength and resilience.

John

 

[budgetaudio6]

Im still using teh feet since first putting tehm on. Wiorks great.