Rippling cones


So after much research and advice seeking here, I made the move to vinyl.
Decided to go with a simple to set up, complete, system as I learn my way. 

I noticed the cones on my KEF LS50s rippling at anything above low listening levels.
This happens only when playing records.   The same music from CD or streaming seems ok (no visual rippling).

Is this potentially damaging to speakers?

Background hiss/pops is noticeable.  Not sure if that is a cause.  This is my first turntable.
My other speakers have grilles so haven't noticed/paid attention to this until rotating in the LS50s.

I pulled the grilles off 3 other speakers and noticed the same thing.

Gear:

Rega RP8 with stock Exact MM cartridge --> Vincent PHO 8 --> Bryston BP26 pre --> Ampzilla 2000 2nd Edition monoblocks

Other speakers tried:
B&W 801 Matrix S2s, Harbeth  SHL5+ 40s, Rogers LS3/5As

There doesn't seem to be much adjustment available on this turntable.

Anyone else encounter this?

Thanks!
 
hleeid
That's a nice table, but lightweight suspensionless tables like that call for a good solid stable and isolated shelf to get their best. What you are seeing is micro vibrations you can neither see nor feel but amplified 8000 times are enough to make the woofers pump back and forth like that. Way too low in frequency for you to hear it, and it doesn't really hurt anything either. But if it drives you to put the table on a more isolated shelf that will definitely improve sound quality and make it a two-fer and well worth doing. 

The budget solution is to put the Rega on a thick solid shelf of something like butcher block or thick MDF. Then use Nobsound springs under that. This will just about eliminate the woofer pumping while improving sound quality a lot. 

The more expensive but by far superior solution is use a similar shelf but with Townshend Pods instead of Nobsound. Pods will remove a layer of harmonic resonance you never even knew was there, until it is gone. Instruments take on a much more realistic natural timbre. Bass and midrange become a lot more clear, the top end a lot more liquid. For a table as good as yours, if you can afford Pods, that is totally the way to go.
+1 noromance! A subsonic filer is the best solution here! All phono stages should have a low filter. Placing a TT on a heavier base will not fix this. It is inherent in LPs. It wastes amplifier power!