Nude Turntable Project

Raul, I was thinking about a paint solution but decided that I had the space to use this 3M product and that it would be even more effective.

I have the pneumatic AT footers under my pre-amp and I used to have them under my TT (I also used squash balls at one point)but decided that I didn't want any rubber creating a flexible suspension so I went with the cones. I don't expect them to damp anything but do hope that they will couple the TT to the granite and drain some vibrations from the TT.

The platter on the JVC already has a ring of rubber-like material on it from the factory. I was afraid of putting anything additional on the platter for fear of effecting the balance.

Your idea of the motor cover is an excellent one and I will gladly borrow it and dampen the motor cover on my TT as well. Thanks.

Halcro and Gary:

In this thread (here), dgad and dgarretson suggested using springs underneath the platform that supports the tt. The thought was that one could control the frequency at which the platform moves by calculating the load on the spring. Choosing a lower freq outside the audible range will ameliorate your issue, Halcro? I have no idea how to do the calculation but this should be kinderspiel for an architect.

I haven't myself tried it, but I did something similar (I believe) when I had my sp10 on spikes resting on a sandbox which was in turn supported by 4 AT 616's (which are just fancy springs?). That set up was a great improvement over what I had before. I was going to buy the springs to test whether they could give me the same results--but for far cheaper than the 616's.

McMaster-Carr has a bunch of different springs for different loads and compression rates: here

Banquo,
Thanks but I don't have any issues that require amelioration. Also,I prefer unsuspended turntables. No springs or rubber mounts for me.
Gary

Dear Aigenga: Well the blend material I used only sees and apply as a white paint but certainly it is not a paint. I can't remember its industrial name and I don't know if even still in the market, what I know is that works great.

I respect your opinion/take on the cones but as is possible to drain some TT vibrations in the same manner transmit vibrations coming from the granite that's a resonant material, yes is heavy but to resonant. Btw, I combined the pneumatic footers with the metal cones as you can read it in my virtual system:

+++++ " Both TT's seats over three Audio Technica AT-616 neumatic suspension isolators with inverted Tip Toes ( position ) on top of these AT isolators.

Anyway, you have the whole idea.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Raul, BINGO on the damping paint. I am yet to encounter anything in the industry that works like the paint. I used it on my MARANTZ 7 STEREO CONSOLE preamp in a painstaking way. First I painted all the resistors and joints in the preamp. Next painted the chasis(three coats)and the tweaked power supply and the glass portion of the after market fuse. When people say blacker backgroung, it is a joke until you have performed this task and listen to the component in question. This preamp is a back-up unit for me but the drop in noise level in unbelievable. I will do it to my TT101 later but will first try the exercise on TT71 when it returns from Applied Fidelity. If you have a unit that you want to keep and have the schematic, go for the gusto. It works wonders on my ML Request speaker. The whole backplate of the speaker including the woofer cabinet was paint(three coats). The speaker is a different beast. Even the accompaning sub(Janis) received the same treatment but this time five coats. The only thing about the sub that vaugely resemble a Janis is the cabinet.