I've been having some problems with my TT ever since I moved it into my new 2CH room and mounted on a Sonora five-shelf audio rack. The rack itself is great and I love it, but with the TT placed on it I noticed an increase in rumble. I didn't recognize that having all of my components on the same rack as my TT would present me with this conundrum, but it did.
Not having a lot of disposible dollars to rectify this situation with some degree of certainty, I decided to look at other options and entertain the idea of doing something with "out of the box" thinking. I had read of several people using Hockey Pucks as Isolation/Vibration devices, and I thought, being Canadian, this may be right up my alley! LOL! So I got to thinking. What if I used Hockey pucks and then applied some kind of vibration control on both sides to help absorb/minimize sound waves travelling up the audio rack. It didn't take long to figure out that felt pads used for the bottom of chairs might do the trick, so I started looking . Lo and behold I find that they make these pads in exactly the same size as hockey pucks (3" in diameter). So off I go to that most Canadian of all Candian DIY stores...Canadian Tire!
So now I'm at home with 4 Hockey Pucks and 2 packages of felt pads (8 pads in total) and wondering what to do next. Having the hockey pucks placed underneath the TT and then leveling everything wouldn't work out...I needed another leveling surface. AH! I know! The butcher block that has been sitting there doing nothing would work. It's 14"x19"x1.75" ...freagin' perfect!
I next got to work assembling the felt (sticky back) pads to the hocky pucks and removed the TT from the top shelf. I measured and leveled until I was satisfied and placed the TT on top of it. I measured and leveled again and my small project was complete. With the butcher block addition I basically have a dual-plinth TT!
So , did it work? Has it made a difference? YES! Absolutely and categorically YES!
The bass it tighter, the rumble has disappeared, the mid-range seems clearer and much more succinct, and the upper frequencies don't suffer from any type of ringing at all.
Here are a few pics of what I did...not bad for a $12 investment, eh?
John
Not having a lot of disposible dollars to rectify this situation with some degree of certainty, I decided to look at other options and entertain the idea of doing something with "out of the box" thinking. I had read of several people using Hockey Pucks as Isolation/Vibration devices, and I thought, being Canadian, this may be right up my alley! LOL! So I got to thinking. What if I used Hockey pucks and then applied some kind of vibration control on both sides to help absorb/minimize sound waves travelling up the audio rack. It didn't take long to figure out that felt pads used for the bottom of chairs might do the trick, so I started looking . Lo and behold I find that they make these pads in exactly the same size as hockey pucks (3" in diameter). So off I go to that most Canadian of all Candian DIY stores...Canadian Tire!
So now I'm at home with 4 Hockey Pucks and 2 packages of felt pads (8 pads in total) and wondering what to do next. Having the hockey pucks placed underneath the TT and then leveling everything wouldn't work out...I needed another leveling surface. AH! I know! The butcher block that has been sitting there doing nothing would work. It's 14"x19"x1.75" ...freagin' perfect!
I next got to work assembling the felt (sticky back) pads to the hocky pucks and removed the TT from the top shelf. I measured and leveled until I was satisfied and placed the TT on top of it. I measured and leveled again and my small project was complete. With the butcher block addition I basically have a dual-plinth TT!
So , did it work? Has it made a difference? YES! Absolutely and categorically YES!
The bass it tighter, the rumble has disappeared, the mid-range seems clearer and much more succinct, and the upper frequencies don't suffer from any type of ringing at all.
Here are a few pics of what I did...not bad for a $12 investment, eh?
John
