Just purchased new turntable

[Moondog55]

G'day
which is Australian for "Hello"

I just bought a new turntable, the first in many years, Project bottom of the line Model 1.2

I need a new stand and as I haven't used a belt drive in a number of years I am playing catch-up on bases.
I have a slab of 32mm MDF here and a second hand three legged rack with all the glass shelves missing.
I was thinking of a sandwich of the MDF, followed by 10mm Acrylic ( which I have) and buying a sheet of 6mm glass and bonding all three together with epozy resin.
Question please; is epoxy the best way to do this??
Is the 3-layer sandwich a good idea??
Money is tight at the moment as I am still looking for work.
Or would it be a better idea to save and buy a slab of polished granite or marble.
Thanx in advance for your help.
Regards
Ted

[planet IX]

G'day Ted,
in my opinion a solid shelf on the wall will be a much better place for a turntable than a rack.
When using a rack, I would place the TT on a heavy base. I don't believe that a sandwich construction has advantages here; just make sure that the rack is not prone to footfall sound...
Boris

[Moondog55]

So the old-fashioned sand filled box on the floor and a solid bit of concrete to rest the stand on then?? Unfortunately the drought has loosened up the floorboards in my house, and it's a rental so structural modifications to the house ( such as shelves ) are out.

[planet IX]

Yes, something like that. Several years ago I made some experiments with the placement of a Rega Planar3. These lightweight turntables change the characteristic of their sound depending on where/how they were placed pretty much

[Nanook]

Here in North America, renters often hang pictures, shelves, etc on their walls. All you need are 4 lag bolts of a suitable size (don't use wall anchors).

Then get some heavy duty shelf standards and whatever shelving material you choose.

Wall mounts are superior.

stew

[Moondog55]

Why are shelves superior when every shop is pushing stands?/
Apart from the extra sale ??

[valveitude]

Why are shelves superior when every shop is pushing stands?/

If built well, the wall effectively decouples the table from the floor..which is basically a spring. A "load bearing" wall is best.

Casey

[Nanook]

As pointed out, if the walls are well built (and load bearing ones usually are), then they are often not subject to "floor bounce". Another alternative if the floor is springy (but well built) is to mass load the floor, using concrete pavers or headstones or whatever heavy appropriately sized flat object you can get. Put a good stand on the heavy object and it will help immensely.

Stands are very good, but do need something to mass load the floor in concert with them. Then you need to de-couple the turntable shelf (usually the top shelf on an audio stand) from the rest of the stand. This can be done using spikes, etc, marbles, or better yet, squash balls (they are spongy and inexpensive....)

[planet IX]

An alternative to wall mounting will be to make a construction hanging from the ceiling...

[Nanook]

true again, but one must ensure they hit a stud or joist in the ceiling as well..

and still create some kind of decoupling device between the components and the rack....