If your problem is a floor that moves when you walk, get yourself a turntable wall-mount. Because you have a VPI Signature 21, I'd recommend going to a local shop that does metal fabrication and have one made for you. Those VPI tables are very heavy.
You'll need to get a handyman to attach it to your wall with lag screws into studs. This will need to be an extremely sturdy platform due to the weight of your table. Keeping in mind that this is a $10k table with a cartridge to match, spending a few hundred bucks shouldn't be a big deal. You want to get this right.
A wall mount completely isolates you from anything your floor is doing.
Turntable Isolation
Im looking for an isolation base for my VPI Signature 21. My listening room is over my garage and a times my footfalls cause the table to skip. What have you used that works?
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Going a bit further than what @elliottbnewcombjr recommended, you can go with Mapleshade’s complete vibration control system. A bit much visually, but I have found it to be effective, both in protecting from footfalls and cleaning up the treble at higher listening volumes. Also considerably cheaper than the Townshend or some other solutions. https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Vibration-Control-Systems_c_23.html kn |
@elevick have you tried Mapleshade’s complete vibration control system with the wooden platform and the brass footers along with the cork/rubber blocks? I am not suggesting that the blocks alone are adequate. Not that a VPI table really needs more mass, but the wood platform adds significant mass in between the blocks and turntable feet/brass footers that helps reduce vibration coming from both the table and from the floor/room. It is also both less expensive and less elegant than the Townshend platform, which is within the OP’s budget. But some folks may like the quaint funkiness of the Mapleshade design. kn |
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