"Is there any TURNTABLE out there where I wouldn’t be able to hear the unintended taps, touches and bumps on the rack and sound/vibrations from my subwoofer?
Cheapest you can recommend please?"
For suspended turntables the reason vibrations like footfalls and other vibrations are audible is because the turntable’s suspension’s resonant frequency is not low enough to block or attenuate them. If the turntable is unsuspended it should be placed on an isolation stand of good design. For suspended turntables with issues remove the suspension and place the turntable on an isolation system of appropriate design. For turntables like Verdier and VPI and Raven and other big heavy turntables one need look no further than my new Super Stiff Springs, which are designed to isolate and support just about any heavy object under the sun. Just the ticket for subwoofers, heavy turntables and heavy amps; minimum weight 75-100 lb. For things like CD players, headphone amps, preamps and other moderate weight components I have a different softer spring, the Cryo Baby Promethean Mini Isolator, cryogenically treated high carbon steel compression springs.
Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica