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Turntable placement and isolation

Hello,
I have a Clearaudio Concept turntable which was so far placed on a rack behind the two front floor standing speakers. I am currently changing the layout of my 2 channel system, removed the audio rack from that imaging-sensitive location and placed all electronics on the carpeted floor between/behind the speakers. Each component, except the turntable, is currently placed on a maple plywood (1 inch thick) which sits on the thick carpet. The floor is a wooden suspended floor. I am also trying out HRS platforms for isolating the electronics. I need some help/advise on the turntable placement on the floor. What are your thoughts on putting a turntable on a platform on the carpeted floor? Is this going to seriously degrade the sound? What could be used to isolate the turntable from the carpeted ground such that there are no footfall issues? I would really appreciate your feedback.
Thanks.
indranilsen
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needfreestuff
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Thanks for your equipment report I was worried that you might have a couple of subs too close to your turntable and that could produce havoc as far as Acoustic feedback congratulations on a nice stereo system and let us know what you decide wanted to give you a heads up that there’s a company in the UK called Quadraspire and they have some excellent wall racks for turntables, and I’m sure there’s a couple of them in the USA also, let us know what you decide best of luck
ebm
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antigrunge2
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No amount of insulation will compensate for springy floor boards. Conversely there are any number of solid wall mounted racks that would solve your problem comprehensively.
indranilsen OP
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@antigrunge2- Did you mean wall mounted turntable shelf? It is an option that I am also thinking about. Any solution other than a tall tack would work for me.
Thanks.
wolf_garcia
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My Linn Basik/Akito instructions recommend a light but stiff shortish table which I happen to have. They're right, and it worked amazingly well (suspended wood floors). I switched to an "audiophile" table with room for LPs and an extra amp on a shelf (room for my phono preamp also), and it works somewhat less great but still effective enough to leave it...but yeah...a light low table...who knew?
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