Dedicated Stand for a Turntable ? Opinions.

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.

Given how expensive some turtable racks are, and how effective a thick slab or maple or butcher block is at platforming and isolating, has anyone tried an all-out butcher's cutting table like the ones shown here? If you scroll down a bit you can find a 34" high table with 18"x24" end-grain top that is 10" thick! If you surf around this website you can find many very substantial tables with very thick end-grain hardwood tops in the $500-800 range, some with stainless steel structures, some with wood, some with drawers or lower shelves which could hold records or accessories.

And you might also be able to pick one up in an estate sale or on Craigslist for a lot less.

It would probably be very easy to set one of these up with Mapleshade threaded spikes for leveling and vibration control--provided you have a buddy or two to help you hoist it back into place.

Thank You for your responses.
Really appreciated it. All posts are very interesting. I looked in your systems ( just out of curiosity ) and I have to say all systems look awesome.
In your opinion, what is more important: mass or combination of different materials and techniques.