Turntable Shelf

[Spectral Morn]

It's a great way of using up offcuts from kitchen worktop.

Available in oak and bamboo as well. I would recommend a bit in bamboo from IKEA.

The Ikea chopping boards made from laminated bamboo are supposed to be very good isolation platforms.


Regards Neil

[karma67]

there only £8 as well!

[Gordon Steadman]

there only £8 as well!

Pretty cheap for foo

We have one in our utility room and I nicked it from under Ronnie's nose just about as she was about to do unmentionable things with the inside of a chicken. Tried it under my main TT and it made no difference at all but the thing is hugely heavy and resists me moving it let alone a few vibrations. However, under the Sansui DD and the Dual 1019, it seemed to remove a tiny bit of fuzz from the treble.

Well worth a try at that price. I'm impressed that someone has managed to make a business out of repurposing worktop.

[karma67]

we seem to be on the same wave length gordon.

[Marco]

i was refering to the isolation platform,looking at the pics its all small bits of wood glued together,if it was one solid plank it would warp.

Yeah, defo! It looks like quality in the flesh, though; like a nice piece of furniture, and way better than chopping boards or anything from Ikea. I don't mind paying for something if I consider it worth it, and looks matter with something such as a turntable shelf.

For me, it's a case of do the job right or not at all, so I won't cut corners

Marco.

[Marco]

At least that can be levelled.

Indeed, which is one of the reasons why I bought it. The isolation platform looks cool, too! I also went for lockable stainless steel spikes

Marco.

[Marco]

If you do get a TD-124, my advice is not to pay through the nose for a 'restored' example, nor to have one uber-restored, or be tempted by very expensive Swiss replacement parts and upgrades (although I have to say that the Swissonor platters are very good). The TD-124 may be complicated, but fettling one is actually quite straightforward and there are clever people in the UK who can do the non-DIY servicing at modest cost. For example, I've just had the standard main bearing re-polished and serviced, and it's every bit as good as Schopper's new one, at roughly 1/20 of the cost. I've recently been working with a local rubber company and we found out that most old-stock idler wheels (unless seriously bent) can be very carefully re-finished, and made as quiet as these things can ever be. We're still looking at whether there is a 'better' way of making new idlers, but since old ones can be rejuvenated for relatively little cost, there's probably no point in investing in tooling for such a project. I'm happy to advise you directly, if you wish!

Nice one and noted

I'm not sure which route I'd go with a TD124, but I'd certainly take my time and research things properly, before taking the plunge. It took me three years of such before deciding to invest in a fully-modded Techy from KAB!

However, one of these is probably tempting me most at the moment (in a suitable plinth, which I'd use with a vintage SPU and an original Ortofon arm or Thomas Schick):



a) I love the rather 'sober and business-like' looks.

b) Once in a suitable plinth and used with a quality tonearm and cartridge, it's 'plug & play'. I quite fancy that after having gone down the tweaking route with the Techy [bearings, platters, PSUs, etc], so this time it would be nice not to faff about like that!

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

Having spent a few days with an Inspire Enigma (Lenco) I personally could not live with the drive noise, so if Thorens and Garrard idler drives have similar noise issues then I would pass on buying one.

I know I am very fussy re extraneous noise in the listening room, so buzzing transformers, fans, or hard drives are annoyances and a TT that creates any noise through its working, would be a no no for me and I love the look of the TD124 mk2 on a Schopper plinth.



Regards Neil

[Ali Tait]

Can't hear a thing from my Garrard, even with my ear right up to the plinth.

[Spectral Morn]

Can't hear a thing from my Garrard, even with my ear right up to the plinth.

Interesting


Regards Neil