Tapping on my table


Searched some threads and did not find an answer specific to my question, so I will try here.  My system is in my basement, which is a concrete slab with wall to wall carpet ( and carpet pad).  My TT is a Music Hall MMF 9.1 which has 3 plinths separated by sorbothane spacers.  The TT sits via its conical feet directly on a Salamander cabinet holding my amp and cd player plus some albums.  Total weight of the cabinet, equipment and albums is at least 150 lbs.  The TT weighs 40 lbs.

I have never experienced any issues with vibration, i.e when walking around while playing an lp.  I had assumed the concrete floor and thick carpet, along with the heft of the cabinet and contents, provided excellent isolation.  However,  this morning I inadvertently tapped the top of the cabinet while listening to an album and there was a very subtle but distinct thump emanating from the speaker.  Clearly the TT is not isolated from the cabinet even if the cabinet is isolating the TT from the floor.

Is there a good inexpensive solution to solve this isolation issue?  I do not want to lose the leveling benefit of the TT's feet - I have some Herbies cones under my cd player, but these would eliminate the leveling capability.
sjtm
How far is your turntable from your speakers? Is it possible that audio from your speakers could reach your turntable and cause vibration in the cabinet, which the turntable could pick up as it did your finger tap? If so, that could cause a blurring to your sound.

If the turntable is distant from your speakers, there's probably no problem.
If footfalls bounce the arm around (impossible except for a nuclear attack or similar... with a concrete floor) you're fine for that frequency.  You're hearing things from your cabinet, because of the higher frequency.  My table is also on concrete, but got additional isolation by installing BearPaws which surely improved the mids/highs because they lessened those frequencies.   In truth, you can't damp everything effectively, but it pays to play with gizmos to "tune" your system to work as well as you can make it work.
The cones are coupling the TT to the cabinet, which is coupled to the floor (essentially unloveable) by mass loading.  Because the TT is coupled to the cabinet, when you tap on the cabinet, the vibration is transmitted to the TT.  As table jockey said- Don't tap on the cabinet.