Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hi all. About to rebuild a TD160 and would like some suggestions and links to great feet. You know them shiny pointy ones. And can someone tell me do they need to screw in like speaker feet and if so what's the best way? Any help if be grateful. Cheers Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proftournesol Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 What sort of rack/surface is the turntable sitting on and what sort of floor do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Wood floor and wood rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proftournesol Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 i put a lot of effort into trying to isolate my Pink Triangle, also sitting on a wooden rack and a wooden floor. What I found that worked the best in the end was replacing the baseplate of the turntable plinth with end-grain balsa and then sitting that onto a fairly heavy wooden board and then sitting that on a partially inflated BMX bike wheel inner tube. This had the advantage of coupling the plinth to the heavy board - increasing the mass and improving the bass weight, but also adding a second level of decoupling with the inner tube. YMMV but it's fun to play around with these things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I appreciate the suggestion but preferring to make more of an appealing look to the TT. Spikes are my chosen weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Get something as big as possible man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Get something as big as possible man Got something you prefer?? Care to give me a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Got something you prefer?? Care to give me a link? Sorry man I looked for them big spikes for a long time too the ones available are only from the States in my rudimentary research. Those are exxy due to the shipping (and the downhill exchange rate now) I managed to snap some on eBay locally once though. Currently doing the duties under my speakers at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 that is some serious artillery!!! Might get picked up importing those lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaky Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Have them on the Selby website: http://www.selby.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=Spikes I'm using them under my Lenco in a similar situation to yours, heavy TT on a wooden rack on floorboards but house is on a slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Have them on the Selby website: http://www.selby.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=Spikes I'm using them under my Lenco in a similar situation to yours, heavy TT on a wooden rack on floorboards but house is on a slab. Aaaaah awesome @@shaky I have used Selby before and they are great. Quick to send/respond etc. May I ask how have you attached them to the base? The TT in the pic is my current. The new TD160 has a much heavier timber base and bottom plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaky Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 @@JakeyB a bit hard to explain but I'll try.... I used three sets of two spikes with one spike above and one below an MDF and aluminium platform my TT sits on. Used the threaded rod that came with them and bolted through platform. This way my TT base rests on spikes as well as the whole lot resting on spikes on my rack. (You'd think I may have a photo of this but......... ). You could get T nuts and insert in base of your TT if only mounting the traditional way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 ordered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Awesome. I will place some sorbothane between the top of spike and the base of TT. Holes already drilled in base plate for existing rubber legs. Will just remove and bore out more if necessary and screw these in. Thanks for the link @@shaky. Champion. And good looking idea @@davidro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Hah they look exactly like mine! Good stuff. I had them under my table once too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 @@JakeyB send me a PM..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusion Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Jakey you might want to check out the magnetic levitation(mag lev) feet quite reasonably priced on Ali Baba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 those feet would be more effective but not really sexy looking stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk plastic Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Polished perspex and those hydraulic looking mag lev bad boys, way sexy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I'm really sold on those maglev feet. Works well with my wood side table, and wooden suspended floors. Have them under the Aura as well now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red MacKay Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 What will a set of four set us back approx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Hmmm they look good also. Maybe an option for my TT above. Haven't decided what to do with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Surely your Thorens don't need all that isolation Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Surely your Thorens don't need all that isolation Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Do we really need any of this stuff? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Do we really need any of this stuff? Lol Of course we do. Just not your Thorens cuz it's sprung anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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