Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Cheap turntable isolation? Message-ID: <851@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:22:17 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.851 Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:22:17 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Oct-84 03:39:55 EDT Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 19 Somewhere I seem to remember seeing a mounting for turntables to isolate them from room vibrations, and I think it was made of Sorbothane ((R) Sorbothane Corp.). This is a funny, rather squishy rubberlike substance - hard to describe. Anyway, I can't remember or find where (I think) I saw the ad; maybe it was just an artifact of a cosmic ray on some neurons. Still, it seems like a good idea, and I've noticed that you can buy Sorbothane for things like shoe sole pads and bicycling gloves, where its purpose is to absorb shock. I don't know where else you might buy it, but it seems you could use one of these sources to get some flat pieces to support and isolate a turntable. Any thoughts on this? I haven't tried it, so I don't know just how good it is at absorbing the sort of shock that annoys a stylus/tonearm; I also don't know what sort of resonances it might encourage instead of damping. It's just interesting stuff and an interesting little idea to play with. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.