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TT to another room, no vibs, better sounds?


Hi All,

A few years ago I thought I'd build a Turntable that is still about a year from being finished. The thought was mass is where it's at. If it's heavy it will take more energy to get it excited and vibrate.

After I picked up a few thousands dollars in parts my machinist asked me what I was trying to accomplish. My response was," The heavier it was the less it would vibrate."

He said, " Take it out of the vibrational environment and save money." I can do that soon and wonder if anyone else had the same thought and realized a cost effective improvement instead of spending more money on a better TT.

"Out of the mouthes of babes," Your thoughts,

ken
kftool
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theo
2,709 posts
 
Not an expert by any means here, but my first concern is cable length, emi/rfi exposure with longer cables and signal degradation. I would say stay on the track you are on and add a stand that contributes to dampening. Again just a novice speaking out.
plato
1,543 posts
 
Cable length can be overcome by using shielded cables and putting the phono preamp (high-drive unit) in the same room with the turntable then running the long interconnects to the in-room amplification.

My real concern would be having to jump up at the end of the record and go into the next room to lift the arm off the record... unless you use an auto-lift of some sort.

I haven't done it myself because I've always used decent turntables that were pretty immune to air-borne and other types of feedback. Plus, as I said, I wouldn't like having to leave the room to change the record.
jazzcourier
205 posts
 
Your problems have been solved! Move your turntable into the other room...after the record ends,you ring a bell and a trained chimp elevates the tonearm lift and simultaneously a peanut is released down a chute as a reward.Downside..chimps can be messy.You can always buy some track shoes.Please just sit down and enjoy your records in the same room like the rest of us slobs,Elizabeth accepted,of course.
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mafuta
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I use an all horn system with 2 massive basshorns.The space between these two horns forms a funny shaped little room where my eqp is kept.Because this room is formed by the basshorns it is more of a bunker,The floor is a meter thick solid concrete as is the roof and the 2 curved walls are 18 inch brick and mortar. The door is made of constrained layers of wood and mdf and weighs more than 200lbs.

And the point of this boring bit of info? Well all eqp in there still benefit from isolation feet ,special stands and other usual measures and my Thorens Reference table still outperforms my Michell Orbe to the same degree it did out in the open.Of course the eqp does sound better thn it does when placed in the listening room.

Strangely not seeing the eqp and staring at it all the time has done wonders for Audiophilia Nervosa. The stuff is full of fingermarks,the phono stage LED died 4 years ago and I couldn't care less
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