At last - a rock solid turntable stand

 Nice feedback adding a new nimension when you turn the volume up?

Innocent Bystander posted:

 Nice feedback adding a new nimension when you turn the volume up?

You're right IB... I'm finding the effect difficult to describe in words... you know what it's like when you're riding in an underground train and listening to your music?  The effect is similar.

Sort of like recording in Kingsway Hall in London, when you hear the occasional rumble of an underground train passing maybe, but the train comes at you full pelt once you go over a certain volume?

Presumably that is some redundant old 1970s speaker you found in your loft, and you decided to use it as a support because it was a shame to send it to landfill? 

ChrisSU posted:

Presumably that is some redundant old 1970s speaker you found in your loft, and you decided to use it as a support because it was a shame to send it to landfill? 

Nah, possibly late 80s. But nice of someone to leave an SCM100 or two up in the loft.

I have to say RJ, it does appear to elevate the TT to the perfect, comfortable height for changing and cueing LPs. That bronze acrylic cover adds a genuine vintage motif. Love it!

The aim when siting a turntable is to minimise vibration. Your turntable will now pick up the vibrations from the speaker. Good chance you'll start to hear feedback.

Turntable stands can be expensive. The IKEA Lack table at £5 is a good alternative. Ivor Tiefenbrun of Linn once recommend such a solution.

The speakers look like they might be Spendor BC1's.

There 's the badge showing it's an active ATC.

If only the deck was provided with an internal preamp I'd say a very special retro futuristic all in one approach.

It’s an ultrasonic stylus cleaner

ChrisSU posted:

Presumably that is some redundant old 1970s speaker you found in your loft, and you decided to use it as a support because it was a shame to send it to landfill? 

Close ChrisSU, close !

warwick posted:

The aim when siting a turntable is to minimise vibration. Your turntable will now pick up the vibrations from the speaker. Good chance you'll start to hear feedback.

Turntable stands can be expensive. The IKEA Lack table at £5 is a good alternative. Ivor Tiefenbrun of Linn once recommend such a solution.

The speakers look like they might be Spendor BC1's.

Hey, I remember when Ivor made that announcement, warwick... it upset a good few audio stand manufacturers whose prices were 10 and 20 times the Lack price.  I see the Lack is still available but it's now risen to nearly £14 though !  (Getting a little bit pricey.) 

If I remember rightly (and I do), Uxbridge Audio used a Lack table to dem the LP12 - that's where I bought my first one (LP12 that is, not Lack), around about the time our house had just been converted from gas lighting to the new electric.

The speakers are actually ATC SCM100 actives, as IB has correctly noted, but you're right, their similarity to Spendors is clear... in looks only  though from what I remember of the BC1's I used to own many moons ago.

And by the way, I've moved the turntable off of the speaker now.

rjstaines posted:

ChrisSU posted:

Presumably that is some redundant old 1970s speaker you found in your loft, and you decided to use it as a support because it was a shame to send it to landfill? 

Close ChrisSU, close !

Sorry Roger, couldn't resist - I'm just jealous really!

rjstaines posted:

warwick posted:

The aim when siting a turntable is to minimise vibration. Your turntable will now pick up the vibrations from the speaker. Good chance you'll start to hear feedback.

Turntable stands can be expensive. The IKEA Lack table at £5 is a good alternative. Ivor Tiefenbrun of Linn once recommend such a solution.

The speakers look like they might be Spendor BC1's.

Hey, I remember when Ivor made that announcement, warwick... it upset a good few audio stand manufacturers whose prices were 10 and 20 times the Lack price.  I see the Lack is still available but it's now risen to nearly £14 though !  (Getting a little bit pricey.) 

If I remember rightly (and I do), Uxbridge Audio used a Lack table to dem the LP12 - that's where I bought my first one (LP12 that is, not Lack), around about the time our house had just been converted from gas lighting to the new electric.

 

 

 

No  £14 figure as far as I know, site says £9 .

Anyway, was it still a good audio stand according to nowadays standards I would look more closely at the latest twin pairing. The smaller one measuring 40x60 seems to be a tad more suited(better gravity centered ?) to accomodate the deck and less prone to fluctuations being 10cm. shorter.