Turntable isolation platforms


Need some reco's on turntable isolation platforms.  Currently I'm considering the isoacoustics delos.  This is another step in the battle to reduce acoustic feedback (see previous posts of mine).  I currently have TT  on a  Pangea audio rack with a rumble filter with iso feet but want to remove rumble filter and use XLR input and not RCA. All ideas are welcome for a solid platform.  GO!
polkalover
Are you sure it's acoustic feedback, i.e., sonic degradation from the volume of the music?  Or do you mean isolation from footfalls and the like?  If it's the latter, a wall shelf makes a huge difference IMO. 
It's definitely acoustic feedback.  If I rest needle on record and turn up volume I get rumble.  I then had a friend apply pressure to rack and the rumble stopped.  I need to isolate TT better
Perhaps look at the Townshend audio spring isolation platforms? All of those type of affordable "audiophile racks" - Pangea in your case, Lovan Sovereign and VTI (ugh) in my past - are gonna make you have a bad time when you place a turntable without a spring suspension (maybe OK if you have concrete slab floor, though), especially if you like to crank the volume up. SOTA Star/Nova, with its excellent 4-point suspended subchassis, worked just fine on the Lovan rack. But a Clearaudio Innovation - not so much. A really expensive rack (Critical Mass Maxxum) also completely solved the issue for the Clearaudio deck, but at exorbitant cost compared to simple & effective springs.
A Ginko Cloud platform solved my problem when I moved my table from a sand-filled platform to a new cabinet.
 I then had a friend apply pressure to rack and the rumble stopped.


The gross sort of vibration you have, so bad a person pressing with their hand is an improvement, is gross both in frequency and amplitude. All the so-called 'isolation' stuff is tuned to work within a very narrow range. That's why one person gets great results, another so-so, another says it might even be worse. Nobody knows ahead of time what amplitude and frequency is their main problem. No manufacturer publishes that info either. So all you can do is shot-gun it. Which as usual everyone else here is happy to do. Buy! Spend! He who dies with the most discarded toys wins!

Sorry. But the answer has been there so long I built mine more than 15 years ago. Its called a sand box. Shallow little box, filled with sand (mixed with a little oil to hold it together and eliminate dust) and with a little shelf on top. The size of the box, depth of sand, and type of shelf you play around with and by trial and error are able to tune to your particular situation.

Seriously. Don't take my word for it. Don't guess- test! If I'm right then you should notice improvement from something as simple as placing a 10 lb bag of sugar on the rack next to the turntable. Then if that works you could set the turntable on two 10 lb bags laid sideways. Point is you can figure out for yourself what is going on, and what will work to fix it, and all without spending any money or even going out of the house. You could do it tonight.

Go and see.