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Maple or Granite

I have a Voyd TT and have now tried both maple and granite under the TT. With granite I get a very lively sound the keeps you up on your toes. At times it can be to much so I orderd a Mapleshade 4" platform and tried it under the TT. With instruments such as a sax or trumpet the sound is almost addictive as there is so much air and realism about it. The sound of a panio playing in the background of said instruments is all but lost on the maple. Cymbels are not as clear also.

I am going to try a HRS M3 that is granite and wood together. Maybe I can find the best of both worlds in the HRS.

Anyone else have the same experence as I had with both platforms?

How does maple sound under a tube amp?
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crem1
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Over the years, I have expriemented with various layerings; granite , maple, MDF , marble & thin lead ,etc.

The most significant challenge for me dealt with the discovery that certian reflections / vibration returned from the platforms affecting whatever electronics that sat on that platform. Not that all colorations sounded bad to my ears , but distortation is the muck of audio-swampland.

I found the coupling either dry , bolted , glued and/or the compound used in gluing had and equal impact . Thus, the whole sheebang and the apparent random-ness of what sounded "good vs bad " started to drive me "audio-insane (AI)" , until, I bought the resonance dampers The Stillpoints.

The Stillpoints sit beneath my unsuspended turntable that sits above a 4hx15wX18d" custom-made platform of seasoned mapleblock. No AI anymore -- just music.

The motto of my story : A platform is just a platform for troubles until its isolated from the electronics above.
crem1
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Dan_ed:
I found that slightly moving the stillpoints/risers just a tad left/right/forward /backward changed the sonics ever so slightly .

As for other threaders views , stillpoints vs whatever , read www.stillpoints.com , for a tech explaination.

Stillpoints work differently than most dampers/isolation devices. Thomas Woschnick , inventor of the Raven Turntable(s) includes stillpoints on all his tables; he said he could find no better device (so far) to isolate his tables.

For me , I have found nothing that works as well with my Maplenoll unsuspended table.

One note of caution -- The tip of each still point is a ceramic-type ball. When pushed a turntable can roll. I know I nearly lost mine early on.
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