Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable

@blueranger When you said "half inch high dampened spike stands," were those by chance rubber damped spike stands?  

Yes metal hole with a very hard rubber base

@blueranger My opinion....

It has been my recent experience that using rubber for turntable damping does not seem to produce the desired results.  Removing the "half inch high damped spike stands" that use rubber may have cleaned up dynamics and the midrange.  At least that has been my experience with a couple of VPI tables.    

That's only my opinion.  YMMV.

Yep it made a difference for sure. Thanks for agreeing. Now I really want to couple directly to the maple bypassing the myrtle Wood blooks. Just need a longer screw spike to raise the AS TT high enough for the belts. 

Butcher block on cork fiber. Great isolation.