New Plinth - Need Feet

[skimminstones]

Just ordered a new plinth for my Thorens. Can anyone recommend some nice feet for it? I like the ones they are sitting on in the pic but cant seem to find them anywhere. Something similar would be nice as well. Preferably ones i can adjust as i need to make the right side of the turntable a fraction higher than the left to make it perfectly level. Also ideally something that wont involve any drilling, so just resting on or sticking to the plinth if i can.

This is the plinth ive bought...

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/plinth.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/plinth.jpg.html)


Are these any good? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151281295046?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Also, id quite like to get a Thorens badge to stick to the front. There are a few on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xthore ns+badge.TRS0&_nkw=thorens+badge&_sacat=0 Al on the other side of the world by the look of it, can they be sourced closer and which ones would people go for? I cant decide.

[CornishPasty]

Those feet are too blingy for me I'm afraid. They stick out like a sore thumb and take your eye away from that lovely plinth. Plain black feet would be much more in keeping especially with that black top plate and arm. If your top plate and arm are stainless, anodised aluminium or the like then something matching those might be in keeping but understated black usually gets my vote. Having said that, when I build ply layered plinths I often turn the feet out of ply too and finish them the same as the plinth which never looks out of place so maybe some hardwood feet to match the plinth might be good.

[skimminstones]

Those feet are too blingy for me I'm afraid. They stick out like a sore thumb and take your eye away from that lovely plinth. Plain black feet would be much more in keeping especially with that black top plate and arm. If your top plate and arm are stainless, anodised aluminium or the like then something matching those might be in keeping but understated black usually gets my vote. Having said that, when I build ply layered plinths I often turn the feet out of ply too and finish them the same as the plinth which never looks out of place so maybe some hardwood feet to match the plinth might be good.

Bear in mind my top plate wont be like that, it will be the standard sliver and black that the TD160 has.

[CornishPasty]

Bear in mind my top plate wont be like that, it will be the standard sliver and black that the TD160 has.

If your top plate is silver and black then I'd still be inclined to go with black feet.

[danilo]

I replaced the factory rubber 'feet' on my Thorens years ago. Refitted the feet from a Technics 1200 TT that I took to bits.
These are suspension type feet.. seemed as a good plan.
Worked OK... the Thorens bounced a bit less with footfalls Definite improvement but not outstandingly so.
Finally got a piece of thick Granite as a mass/base and used bits of Blu Tack to couple the Thorens to the stone slab.
Seems to be working fine... Foot falls no longer upset the thing.
No I haven't yet, nor will I likely try: Jumping up and down to test it.

[skimminstones]

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Are these Sorbothane feet any good? Ive heard they are meant to be good for isolation but i dunno....they just look a bit cheap really.

[Eisener Bart]

Sorbothane is cheap material, not so good for sound.
I made many footers for my own appliance, thus I can discuss regarding that.

For vynil player I made even footers screwed construction (with regulated heigth). I can not find those photos right now.

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[Eisener Bart]

I found links on that footers with regulated height.

http://s872.photobucket.com/user/Listoboi/media/New%20items%20%20March%202011/481.jpg.html

http://s872.photobucket.com/user/Listoboi/media/New%20items%20%20March%202011/482.jpg.html

[skimminstones]

Sorbothane is cheap material, not so good for sound.
I made many footers for my own appliance, thus I can discuss regarding that.

For vynil player I made even footers screwed construction (with regulated heigth). I can not find those photos right now.

They look good but my DIY skills are rubbish so i'd never be able to make my own. Need to buy some ready made.

The plinth arrived this morning :) Wasnt expecting it for a couple of weeks as i only ordered it 4 days ago and its come from Austria. Impressed with that. Swapping the plinths over was easy enough as well so just need the feet and a badge now.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160428_105721.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160428_105721.jpg.html)
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160428_105709.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160428_105709.jpg.html)

[walpurgis]

Looks very nice. Quality plinth that.

(hope you don't use the dust arm whilst playing records :))

[skimminstones]

Looks very nice. Quality plinth that.

(hope you don't use the dust arm whilst playing records :))

No to be honest, never used it. It was £5 on ebay so bought it more for the Thorens badge on the top to be honest. Really happy with the plinth, including postage from Austria it was 120 euros, so about £85-£90 or so.

Now to search for some feet and decide on a badge.

[walpurgis]

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39-10mm-Golden-Aluminum-Turntable-Radio-CD-Player-AMP-Isolation-Feet-Pad-Stand-4-/221822581053?hash=item33a5a7f93d:g:05kAAOSwPcVVn8e e

[Eisener Bart]

I plan to resume my production in future, I'm just waiting when PayPal will start to work in Ukraine properly.

[CornishPasty]

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39-10mm-Golden-Aluminum-Turntable-Radio-CD-Player-AMP-Isolation-Feet-Pad-Stand-4-/221822581053?hash=item33a5a7f93d:g:05kAAOSwPcVVn8e e


They would be fine with a coat of satin black :)

[walpurgis]

They would be fine with a coat of satin black :)

There are black anodised similar items available.

[walpurgis]

Like these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/44-17mm-Machined-Aluminum-AMP-Feet-Turntable-Recorder-Isolation-Pad-Black-Lot-4/221194217943?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1% 26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D0a012ac557574c2cbb 3db4a17cf27ecc%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%2 6sd%3D221194217943

Which are rather nice.

(might order a set myself actually :))

[killie99]

nice Thorens badges here (http://www.audio-creativeshop.nl/winkel/turntable-parts/classic-thorens-logo-embleem/)

[skimminstones]

nice Thorens badges here (http://www.audio-creativeshop.nl/winkel/turntable-parts/classic-thorens-logo-embleem/)

cheers for the link. I keep swinging from one opinion to the other. Part of me would like a nice badge on there and part of me thinks to leave it without

[skimminstones]

Ordered 2 lots of feet to have a look at..

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDk2WDc0Ng==/z/zWwAAOSwa39UzoEm/$_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMxWDc5NQ==/z/Z7EAAOSw-W5Ur3kU/$_12.JPG

[CornishPasty]

I think the black and silver feet would go well with the deck though they might make the plinth sit too tall. Nice though.

[skimminstones]

Feet finally arrived...

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200723.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200723.jpg.html)

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200732.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200732.jpg.html)

Now sitting nicely isolated from the block underneath..Excuse the mess underneath.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200643.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160519_200643.jpg.html)

First thoughts are its immediately removed some rumble noise i was picking up in the new plinth and the deck is now totally silent once more. Cant decide if ive lost a tad bass weight though. Guess that may have been overblown bass though whilst waiting for the feet to have arrived. More listening is needed.

[CornishPasty]

Very nice.

[HackneyRF]

It's coming along nicely Keith, looks great. Where did you pick the feet up from?

Cheers

Loz

[Virtual-Symmetry]

Looks nice. Would have been better with a proper wood finish tho..

[skimminstones]

It's coming along nicely Keith, looks great. Where did you pick the feet up from?

Cheers

Loz

Ebay...Took an age to arrive though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251477351800?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[danilo]

Nicely made.
small aside : Spikes were intended to Couple ...Not isolate.
Feet from a Technics 1200 work reasonably well as isolators on My thorens.
Lots available.. even specialised Sorbothane ones designed/intended for Optical calibration tables.