High mass turntable owners -- What Stand?

Salectric,

Thanks for the responses. I ask, because in the near future I hope to acquire a new high-mass deck, and will need to adapt the stand I currently use which is a single shelf unit. I had my stand custom made by a welder, and it is essentially constructed of welded 2" angle iron, and follows a rough attempt at cloning a Mana type look, but of course in a much higher mass design. The stand weighs in at around 135 lbs, and sits on top of a poured fiberglass reinforced concrete basement floor. The stand was sandblasted, sanded and painted, and the "L"-shaped sections are dampened by high-density foam fill. Obviously, rapping on this stand produces no resonances whatsoever, but eventually I will need to consider something to increases its surface area, which means a shelf type thing. Since the stand was designed around my current table, and said table needs bottom subchassis access at all times, the deck and the stand have no intervening "shelf" type device. I am experimenting with 1.5" composite laboratory tabletop material, which is somewhat like Corian, but denser and flameprooof (actually it may asbestos impregnated which produces its own set of cutting difficulties). I am thinking of two layers of this material glued and pressed together with some type of elastomer type compound. No final thoughts as of yet, but I'm always curious what other people have tried, pondered or rejected. Good listening,

-Richard

The more expensive the better, so indulge!

Answer:
Harmonic Resolution Systems
http://www.avisolation.com/

They will custom make one for your table. $$$$$

Very much depending on your expense tolerance, I believe that Silent Running Audio's Craz Reference isoRACK plus is the best, and they can make it to your size specs. The owner is Kevin Tellekamp (reportedly, he does isolation work for the U.S. Navy submarines through a sister company which gives him machinery that no audio performance rack maker would generally have access to) and the Sales guy is Tim Miller.

http://www.silentrunningaudio.com/home.htm

See 7/2006 Mickelson Review in SoundStage. It gives you all of the disclosed technology.

http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/silentrunning_craz_4.htm

I ordered mine at end of April and am hoping to receive it soon.

I am currently using the heavy duty TT stand from finite elemente for my Stabi XL (177 lbs). I have also ordered an HRS isolation platform which will sit on top of the stand for additional isolation, since I do not have the benefit of a concrete floor, but instead, am situated on the 3d floor, in an older wooden house. You can see the stand in the pictures of my system. No bargain, though.
The other option may be that active isolation platform that was a subject of another thread recently. They make one that comes with a floor stand, all integrated, and it can support a considerable weight. Price is in the same neighborhood as my combo, perhaps a little less.