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Lonely piece of marble: where should it go?

Greetings. Through some strange providence, I have assembled a decent entry-leveler. Consists of a Music Hall MMF 7.1 tt, Exposure 2010s integrated + power amps (one driving bass, the other treble), and nice, ugly Vandersteen 3a sigs. Good times! So, the sidewalk outside my Vermont home (circa 1865) is made of marble slabs. These get prised up and sometimes break when the sidewalk plows come through in the winter. I'm sure the town fathers hate this sidewalk and would not object to the fact that I STOLE one of the pieces of marble, because I'm sure they want to get rid of the crud anyway. Should I put it under my TT or halve it for the speakers?
mr_stain
mingles
795 posts
 
There's an interesting description of a TT isolation box made of maple, sand and granite in this virtual system. He admits it's overkill at 275 lbs, but I'm sure it does a great job. Where can one buy granite?
tbg
5,263 posts
 
I bought it in Texas at a granite mine. Most tombstone dealers can probably get you some. Also it is now very popular for countertops. They might have leftovers that would be very pretty, but too thin for your purposes. Also machine shop suppliers typically have it for fine calibration bases. Their pieces might not be big enough for you. Finally, if you are willing to come to College Station, Texas, I have some that I will give you. I think they are 17 x 18 x 3.
mr_stain OP
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Rats, I guess I can't use the slab...oh well. Just goes to show that CRIME DOESN'T PAY, now I have to get rid of the marble! (It's too flat to make a sculpture from, and I hate relief carvings.) I suppose I could obtain cheap granite here, as it happens to be even more plentiful than marble in VT...Last question, should vandy's be put on spikes on a hardwood floor (they are tuned for a 35mm ear level and raising the speakers would alter that height)
mwilson
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Reminds me of when I was a kid, at a well-known tailings pile in Maine, searching for tourmaline. I found an interesting looking rock (to me anyway), and asked an old rock hound nearby what mineral it was. "Leaverite", he said without missing a beat. "Leave'er'rite there." I didn't find any tourmaline that day, but I can now identify most rocks quickly.
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stringreen
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I have Vandersteen 5A's which were professionally installed and set up. They are on a wood floor with the spikes, however, the spikes are on discs that protect the floor. To clarify "rebrate at a high pitch" above means that anything on the marble will sound like the treble control is turned way up..it will sound very hard and bright.
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