Equipment Set-up Recommendations?

Twl, as always, thanks for the words of wisdom. Yes, I do need to play with it more, and see if I can iron out any remaining kinks. I have tracking set at 2grams which is recommended for the cartridge, but I can up that a little.

Yes, I've been weary of adding anything to the base support. Even as is, I've been weary of using the Adona stand in the context of supporting the Teres, but it looks great, sounds great and has freed up a lot of real estate for me. I've had so many recent system changes on the analog side though, it's difficult for me to attribute gains and issues..I'll keep at it. This MG-1 arm really is interesting, and has been fun to work with - a bit challenging to set up, but that's part of the fun :-)

Thanks,
John.

The whole idea of a linear tracking arm is that there is no (zero) sideforce (skating force). Vibration should of course be avoided, but if the arm is working right it should not jump grooves. I suggest that you carefully check leveling. (And fix the vibration problem too).

Outlier, hope you appreciated my dry wit. If wall mount is not your thing. try this. If your floor bounces you can laod up the mass so the floor is "locked at the bottom of its' bounce" ( a stand made of bricks worked).I mount my turntable in the corner of a room where there is minimal foot traffic. mounting it in the corner gives the floor support on two sides. the closer you are to the middle of the room the more the floor bounces. This is why I beleive in turntables with a suspension.

Gregadd, suspensions often do not fix the "bouncing" issue, but often make it worse.

My Linn LP12 that I had for years, always had a very noticeable "bouncing" when I walked around the room.(Yes, it was set-up correctly).
My unsuspended table never had any problems like that.

Hi Outlier,

When a turntable is placed on a rack situated on a suspended floor there many times will be a tendency for significant mistracking.

When a person steps across one section of the floor that one spot will deflect up and down in response to the pressure of the person's foot. Because the entire floor is flexing in response, the section under the equipment rack is not deflecting directly up and down it will be rocking back and forth. This rocking motion is even more pronounced at the top of an equipment rack. Many tonearms have difficulty in this type of situation and linear trackers are even less tolerant of anything less than a perfectly flat and tranquil environment.

I would suggest that placing a high mass device directly under the turntable will be beneficial in your situation. This will mass load the equipment rack and make it less prone to deflection and rocking. The particular material or device that you choose will be quite critical, however. I would suggest that you avoid materials that ring (such as metal, stone, glass, etc.) as well as materials that are resonant (wood, acrylic, plastic, etc.). Any of these materials will impart its own sonic signature on whatever music the turntable is playing and this will result in increased coloration taking you further away from faithfully reproducing the sound of the instrument as it has been captured in the recording.

We have sold a large number of our Big Rock platforms to people that are in your situation and they have reported very good results. The Big Rock is not only very high mass it is also highly absorptive and has the ability to dissipate unwanted excess energy that is trapped in the turntable's chassis due to air-borne vibration and internally generated vibration from the motor. In addition, it provides a barrier to floor-borne vibration coming up through the equipment rack but it is not a highly compliant device.

Using a highly compliant mounting will not be beneficial in your situation because it may accentuate the rocking motion.

Using a rigid mounting under the turntable will increase the amount unwanted energy that is traveling up through the rack and into the turntable.

Best Regards,

Barry Kohan

Disclaimer: I am a manufacturer of vibration control products.