Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt

Thanks ohlala
    I have a freind who just had some amazing countertops made with this hickory ,and i said to myself hmmm and he said he has a 30"x24" peice left and well i think i might buy it off him.It's gorgeous and different.Seems to me denser would vibrate at higher frequency but hey i have really no idea honeslty .lol

I use a 3.5" thick 15"x20" Michigan Maple brand butcher block cutting board under my turntable. I got it from Overstock.com for about $90. Price fluctuates a little bit, but currently they offer them for $100.99 with free shipping. http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Maple-End-Grain-20x15-inch-Chopping-Block/3300227/product.html?...

Mine fits perfectly on a Technics SL1210 M5G. It lowers the noise floor, improving dynamics, clarity, and inner detail. I mentioned this to an audiobuddy with a belt drive Music Hall turntable. He picked one up and was also very pleased with the results. Just putting the turntable on it helps quite a bit, but you can get even more improvement by putting some gel pads under the cutting board and positioning the turntable on Vibrapod Cones and Isolators, which absorb some of the mechanical before passing the rest on to the cutting board.

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is where i got mine 18"x24" maple freeship and i put it on spikes then mounted to wall on steel brace 6" thick solid pine timeberframe wall.The maple is just interesting,I just wondered if anyone had noticed any discernable difference the the hard woods .

It appears that unlike cables audiophiles just don't experiment with this. It is kind of surprising because the difference may not be subtle, especially when comparing maple to exotic woods. Turntables are really sensitive things and minor changes anywhere are easily heard. I simply don't have funds for this, exotic woods are quite expensive.
Albert, good to hear from you. Do you wish to compare woods under turntable for all of us? Of course, different tables may react differently but still..

inna
1,969 posts
06-20-2016 2:34am
"It appears that unlike cables audiophiles just don’t experiment with this. It is kind of surprising because the difference may not be subtle, especially when comparing maple to exotic woods."

Actually audiophiles experiment a lot with various woods as well as many other materials. From maple to cherry to balsa to Mpingo wood to bamboo to walnut to spruce to Baltic birch plywood and others. From Corian to high density fiberboard to laboratory grade granite to glass to bluestone to marble to aluminum and plexiglass as well as various combinations thereof. And in thicknesses from 1/4" to 4".

Geoff Kait
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