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Wall mounting on studs

Hi everyone,

I'm mounting my turntable on the wall, and the shelf system is designed to span over 3 studs (and uses all 3). Since my studs in the wall are currently not where I want them to be, I'm just going to open up the wall and install new studs so my shelf can be installed exactly where I want it to be. My question is, should I just add new studs running vertically from floor to ceiling, or can I add 2x4s horinzontally between the existing studs that are 16" apart? I'm not concerned about cost or difficulty - I just want to know from a performance point of view, what's best to minimize vibration to the shelf?

Thanks!

Pierre
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fstary
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I know an audiophile in St. Louis who went all out and sank shafts all the way to the bedrock below his house for his turntable. I am amazed by his dedication.
Feedback from ones speakers into the turntable is a problem. I usually played the LP only once, and that at low volume and recorded the output to a Revox 77 reel-to-reel tape recorder. That way the LP lasts for a very long time, and no feedback. On the really valuable direct to disk LPs I did not play them at all. When I die I hope someone does not throw them away.
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slaw
20,563 posts
 
You’d still need to decouple from seismic vibrations even more.

I like to enjoy my stuff.
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bdp24
9,549 posts
 
Don't play "really valuable direct-to-disk LP's"? Why buy them to not listen to?! An unplayed LP has no value, musically speaking.
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noromance
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@dobnbav 
studs should be 16" apart inside to inside.
16" on center.
lewm
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It’s not such a terrible idea not to play them. In many cases the musicians and the music are both second rate. 
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