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The right footing for a turntable

Replaced the brass feet on my 401 plinth. They sat on 3 sample blocks of granite on a heavy oak table. I don't like ro spend if I don't have to. So, I had these stainless steel cone footers lying around and stood them on the granite blocks, points up and sat the 50pound plinth on those. Ridiculous improvement. The soundstage is now locked in an unmoveable focus and the center image has moved up a foot. It is the weirdest thing! A slight light-brown coloration has vanished. Bass is now absurd from the Quad ESL57s. The quality of the source has lifted the performance of all other components.

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bradf
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noromance

Thanks for the info. I have some Mapleshade footers (brass), That I have been wanting to try under my turn table for some time., hence the question referenced above.

Thnx
Brad
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stringreen
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In My experience, granite rings....not good for my system.
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noromance OP
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Stringreen, hence the three 4x4" blocks laid on the oak tabletop - damped.
ebm
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Symposium Ultra Stealth edition will give the best sound however most people like the cheap stuff.
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noromance OP
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ebm, not diggin' the dig. Not all of us want to spend big bucks on tweaks. The point (!) was to show how effective cheap tweaks can be. Nevertheless, thanks for the info.
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