Where is Your Turntable?

Mine is next to my LP's, VPI record cleaning machine and Aesthetix phono stage.

This type of set up requires long interconnect runs from the preamp to the amps, but that's still preferable to long phono cables or putting the turntable next to my large speakers.

This has worked for me but is not necessarily the only (or best) way to do this. I liked 4yanx idea of having it in another room. Talk about isolation !

Believe it or not, I once toyed with the idea of constructing a sliding track with a 3" maple base which would slide back and forth through the wall between my music room and the adjoining room. "In" to change the record and "out" when spinning. A sliding door in each room would be closed depending on current position. Maybe in another lifetime.

Mine is between the speakers and behind them, directly in the middle on a light weight, rigid stand. Take a look.

Funny you mention the other room option. That is exactly what happened to Ivor before he designed the LP12. It might not be your cup of tea but you gotta hand to the man for raising the bar of analog playback.

I don't need a bunch of acoustic treatments but will be making some very similar to yours 4yanx. Glad I took a look.

Mine is on the side wall behind the speakers, with interconnects as short as I could reasonably make them. I intentionally chose not to place the turntable rack between or immediately behind the speakers on the theory that soundstaging might be compromised, but I've recently heard several systems in which such "behind-and-centered" configuration has worked out quite well.

Turntable and rack are of the high mass variety, floor is suspended wood floor over a crawl space with multiple floor jacks increasing the rigidity of the flooring under the turntable and the speakers.

I also have toyed with the thought of the turntable being in another room for isolation, but the interconnect length that would be needed has always dissuaded me.
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