Tripods as turntable or component base?

"Since the tripod is the most stable base (ask any photographer or physicist)"

Hmmm...you may be a photographer, but you're definitely not a physicist.

And as for "All the best turntables..........now have 3 legs instead of 4"...., well, that remark shows such a lack of knowledge as to be laughable. And I also note that you've changed your experimental paradigm from "taking three tripods, setting up one under each foot?" to "three to four tripods"-I assume that's because you realized that a 3-point base under a square or rectangular plinth is inherently *unstable*-just press lightly down on any corner that no longer has the benefit of a stable foot

It does make me think, though-imagine you had tripods for footers, and then you put *another* tripod under each leg of those tripods, and then *another* tripod under each leg of those tripods, and then......

Hifigeezer, With all due respect, Stereo Review was a rag. But Mike Fremer did use accelerometer(s) to evaluate the Finite Elemente and the Monaco Grand Prix stands and reported his results in Stereophile. His tests generated quite a furor among devotees of these two very expensive equipment racks.

Lewm:

Thanks for your response and for bringing Fremer's measurements to my attention. It sounds like Mr. Fremer is on the right track.

Whatever its failings, Stereo Review did use a consistent methodology of testing turntables. They had a vibrating table and would test the suspension resonance. Objective, not subjective, for what that's worth.

It seems I was not clear in my writings; I apologize. If your turntable has three feet, put a tripod under each for a total of three tripods. If your turntable has four feet, put a tripod under each for a total of four tripods. I'm too lazy to draw a picture using characters!