We set up the SME 10 on top of a cabinet and tweaked it before the final installation inside the cabinet. (I had to retrofit the turntable to an existing, circa 1958, solid hardwood cabinet.) When the SME 10 was placed on the wood platform with footers underneath (footers rested on the cabinet floor which was raised about 2 inches from the carpeted floor the sound was just tinny. It was so bad, I can't describe it. I did without the footers and it sounded like it had when the SME 10 was on top of the cabinet, but was far too low in the cabinet to be easily accessible. So, on the advice of my tech friend, I got a 5 cm slab of granite and put it on the cabinet floor and then put the wood platform on top of the granite and the SME 10 (new, by the way) on the wood platform. (The footers were retired to storage.)
The sound has been good ever since.
I have used Mapleshade footers on three other TT and have had good success, so this was a surprise. Can't figure out why.
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