Maple Block for Turntable

Jack in Wilmington

Jack in Wilmington

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After several suggestions to get my turntable off of the glass shelf that it was sitting on, I picked up this maple block.
 

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Jack.......Looks good but you need to go a little farther. I raised my Michell Gyro SE turntable off the glass shelf with a Boos Block maple board and there was a definite improvement, but when I raised the Boos Block off the glass shelf with Symposium Fat Padz the vinyl playback performance truly came together. http://www.symposiumusa.com/fatpadz.html



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I had problems with a Clearaudio Innovation on my old rack (Lovan Sovereign), and a maple block like that one (I had a friend who was kind of a jack-of-all-trades that put it together for fun) made a positive difference. Looks good! Definitely add pads under it, as suggested above.
 
I have been using Herbie’s grunge buster dots between a Billy Bags rack and the 3” thick maple platform for my TT. I have experimented with having them in place vs having the block directly on the rack’s top shelf. I perceive greater clarity with them present. Awaiting on my new Adona rack to arrive and will then have to do the evaluations all again...
 
I need better isolation for my TT. At times I have tried different products and they do change the sound. I am actually most curious as to a wall mounted bracket. Has anyone compared a decent stand to a wall mount.
 
Here's an idea. I'm a pretty heavy tweaker so I have taken a rega rp6 and bastardized the whole thing into a new table. What worked very effective for me was taking materials such as Corian and acrylic and separating them with druzy stones. I do have some cat eye in the mix also. It would not hurt to take a sheet of acrylic and a sheet of Corian clamp them together and drill a small hole through both plates. Do this in all four corners. Then remove the clamps and dimple the inside holes with a larger bit. Put four very small druzy beads in the dimples and drop the Top plate on the bottom plate. I find the mix of Corian which is slightly bright and acrylic which is pretty darn neutral if not slightly dull to equal a very Lively and clear sound. Rapping on my bottom sheet to my top plinth plate reveals there is pretty decent isolation. Just something you can try for very little money. All you need is a cabinet shop to cut you a piece of Corian and Tap Plastic to cut you the acrylic.20180910_094906.jpg
 
Drrsutliff said:
I have been using Herbie’s grunge buster dots between a Billy Bags rack and the 3” thick maple platform for my TT. I have experimented with having them in place vs having the block directly on the rack’s top shelf. I perceive greater clarity with them present. Awaiting on my new Adona rack to arrive and will then have to do the evaluations all again...
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Which Adona rack did you get?
 
Kingrex said:
Here's an idea. I'm a pretty heavy tweaker so I have taken a rega rp6 and bastardized the whole thing into a new table. What worked very effective for me was taking materials such as Corian and acrylic and separating them with druzy stones. I do have some cat eye in the mix also. It would not hurt to take a sheet of acrylic and a sheet of Corian clamp them together and drill a small hole through both plates. Do this in all four corners. Then remove the clamps and dimple the inside holes with a larger bit. Put four very small druzy beads in the dimples and drop the Top plate on the bottom plate. I find the mix of Corian which is slightly bright and acrylic which is pretty darn neutral if not slightly dull to equal a very Lively and clear sound. Rapping on my bottom sheet to my top plinth plate reveals there is pretty decent isolation. Just something you can try for very little money. All you need is a cabinet shop to cut you a piece of Corian and Tap Plastic to cut you the acrylic.
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Now that I've retired from the machinist trade, I don't have access to all the tools and machinery I had before.
 
Drrsutliff.......The Adona Eris 6dw is a gorgeous looking audio rack. Looking forward to seeing photos once you have it installed and the gear in place.


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Jack said:
Jack

Just a suggestion, put some sort of isolation pad between the butcher block and the glass. Something like these are cheap and simple plus the same as the ones Mapleshade sells for ten times the price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-PACK-ANT...894196?hash=item56b0b5d5b4:g:808AAOxyrrpThNvH



The also come with cork as the middle layer. I am using Herbies Fat Dots but these will work fine either type.
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Installed a set of Herbie's Square Fat Dots yesterday between the maple block and the glass shelf. Like what I'm hearing so far, but I need to sit down and listen to some of my older vinyl to listen for the changes.​
 
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