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Can a turntable ever have enough isolation?

I have a Pioneer PLX-1000 turntable mounted with minnesota pc tech feet sitting on top of an ISO acoustics ZaZen II platform. My phono preamp and all tube preamp are on 3" maple butcher block acoustics block on spikes. The amp is on 1 3/4" Maple butcher block on spikes as well.

Thinking of trying something different under the amplifier like iso pucks or something. But anyhow on to the point I would then have a nice beefy large 1 3/4" maple butcher block I could experiment with adding to the turntable isolation. Directly under the turntable on perhaps the rubber feet on top of the ISO acoustics platform or the entire setup on top of the butcher block itself.

Appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks.

-Chris

blue_collar_audio_guy
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mijostyn
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@rauliruegas , Darn Raul. Who care about money? I though we were all filthy rich!

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bkeske
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Since I bought a SOTA Sapphire, all the isolation necessary is built into the design. So, yes, I have enough isolation without the need of any other third party product or add-on ‘gizmo’. 

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A wall mounted turntable shelf, preferably mounted to a concrete wall that is studded and covered in dry wall, is the best isolation bar none...absolutely zero footfalls, banished forever. On top of that, add in your usual butcher block platform supported by your choice of isolation products, such as vibrapods etc....If the turntable is already well isolated from vibration by design, even better in combination with the above shelf set up.

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blue_collar_audio_guy OP
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Thanks for responses!

Lewm I'm in a house and the system is on a suspended carpeted floor. On the floor I've laid down shelving panels as a base for the component racks. The component racks are on this shelving supported on those cheap rubber cork combo pads that came with the butcher blocks. Works for now. 

I appreciate all the suggestions but wasn't looking to spend any money at the time on it. I was curious if it was a good idea to implement what I mentioned doing. It appears it's totally fine and at my discretion to try it. And have tons of options to go through if I want to take it further according to the folks here. 

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terry9
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Lewm nailed it. Anything you can do to rigidify the floor under your turntable will be a good thing - like concrete blocks wedged between crawl space floor and floor joists.

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