My 2019 Update Thread - My final system I think.

[struth]

Tried black slate ?

[Gazjam]

Heavy n' dense kills Rega....Opposite of how their turntables are designed.
Unlike a springy one.
I like that they are doing their own thing, can get behind that.

Unsuspended deck, so all about reducing "resonance storing" mass?
Roy Gandy's book discusses the Naiad turntable which the P10 was based off.

Specific design goals to maximise sound quality, don't want to interfere with that!

Fit 'n forget.
Good enough for Rega good enough for me, sounds good too.

[AJSki2fly]

A while back was swithering how to get the best out my vinyl setup, particularly the best way to plonk my turntable down an a surface to get the most out of it.
Its Rega, it's fussy that way.
That and looking at alternative phonostages.

I'd thought about a Rega wall mount, but have a stone slab floor and concrete walls, so no big thrill putting the deck on the wall in comparison.
So got IsoAcoustic feet for the Rega, nice improvement and better isolated it from the glass table it sat on.
But still wanted to get it off the glass, and that was today's mission.

Was always going to stick a platform under the deck to get it up off the glass, even with the feet it wasn't ideal.
Just didn't know what or how.

Stiff n light like the deck, an Ikea "Aptitlig" bamboo chopping board. Seven quid but highly recommended and totally in line with the design philosophy of the turntable.
I know a lot of folks use the heavier Ikea bamboo butchers block, but its quite a bit heavier than this one, and with the P10 wanted to go for as light as possible.


Basically just plonked it down, don't like the way it looks so still to take the jigsaw to it and trim it so it just fits under the deck.
Spray it black to better match the deck as well.

Tried different feet under it, RDC cones, wooden cones, silicon nitride ceramic ball bearings in RDC cone cups, spikes...crikey you name it; just want to fix and forget it.
What works best on glass?
As I've found elsewhere with different kit on different shelves in my rack, the most effective seems to be the simplest.
SoundDampedSteel metal plates directly under the board and onto the glass.

Tried different combinations, just the SDS plates work best. Another box ticked, Job's a good 'un.



Jigsaw away...”Touché Turtle” reference...




Just need to fillet the edges and prep. before spray painting it black to match, and can call this one done.

Yep the aptitlig is a good resonance killer, I used one under a gyrodec


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[Gazjam]

[Gazjam]

Yes...I’m bored.

[Firebottle]

Bored - board, ha ha.

[Gazjam]

[Opti-cal]

Quite turntable specific now that 'bored' . . . no going back now.

[Gazjam]

And we’re done.


Bit of sanding and tidying up to do, black paint and under the deck it goes.
Took quite a bit of weight off the board, bamboo’s a hardwood and very stiff so fits in with the Rega light ‘n stiff thing.
More importantly gets it off the glass rack without adding any weight to the whole thing.

Looks a lot better under the deck, fits in with the ‘Skeletal’ look of the decks plinth, much nicer.
(well, will be when it’s sanded and painted)


Also, now the damping plates are directly under the Turntables feet, which may or not do something who knows?
Well worth a half hour, jobs a good 'un.

[Gazjam]

Well,
Forgot I had a Dremel...useful things.




Front edge now mirrors the curve of the plinth, much nicer.

Front right foot I’ve done as an angled flat, might get a Rega badge made up to stick there.
Still more rough edges to smooth out, but majority of work is done.

Final sand n fillet then prime n paint.
Not much use for chopping Veg on now!

Yes, still furloughed and finding things to do.