Dedicated Stand for a Turntable ? Opinions.

BIlly Bags Pro 35 Turntable stand with an SRA custom VR isolation for my galibier
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my last table was a Nottingham and it was on a target cage mounted on the wall (reinforced with ply)

Suspended from the ceiling has worked for me, the turntable , that is.

Bob P.

A manageable diy dedicated stand project might be the rack that member Sbank built for himself. It is similar to the Walker Audio dedicated stand for the Proscenium turntable, but without the additional mass loading of the Walker rack. Here are some links to:

Photo of Sbank's rack
Materials list (from Sbank's systems page

Photo of Walker Audio dedicated rack 1
Photo of Walker Audio dedicated rack 2
Photo of Walker Audio dedicated rack 3

I've been very pleased with the Walker Audio rack here, and Sbank's similiar implementation has worked well under his VPI TNT-6.
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Sound Footing makes a wall-mount shelf that will easily support 250 lbs. and is reasonably priced -- unlike the finite elemente wall shelf I had been considering -- and is built in the U.S.A. I've got one under my Jean Nantais-built 80 lb. Lenco. Easy installation -- even for a novice like me.

Jeff @ Sound Footing is great to work with and will answer any questions you have. Website: www.sound-footing.com

Jim Pendleton of Osage Audio (Audio Intelligent) makes a beautiful wall shelf, but I don't know what its loading capacity is. Might be worth an inquiry.

Good luck in your quest.

Randy

Look for a used VPI rack and add a granite top to the base on spikes, point upward on the botom of the granite.