I can almost guarantee you will be as surprised as me. It was easy to see how Pods would improve my turntable. With amps it is harder to understand, but just as easy to hear. Pods are the most economical way, put them right against the bottom of the chassis. This way it totally bypasses the factory feet, which always seem to be the worst part of a component! So much so I have totally removed them from several components over the years. Like freebie rubber power cords and Buss fuses I keep them around and put them back so the next guy can remove them, and store for the next guy....
How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration
Even while the Oracle turnable that I use has a built-in springs suspension by design there is a low or even sub-low frequency boom every time someone walks in a room. This becomes really bad with the subwoofer’s volume set high as the low frequency footsteps make straight to subwoofer where they are amplified shaking everything around. It seems the cartridge is picking up the footsteps very efficiently as even a lightest foot down becomes audioable. What can be done to attempt to isolate the turntable from the low frequency vibrations? Interesting, that the lower the volume of the subwoofer, the less the footstep shake is evident and with the subwoofer turned off it is a barely a problem at all.
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