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Offline BobM

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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #60 on: February 23, 2012, 11:24:40 AM »
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #61 on: February 23, 2012, 11:55:20 AM »
Bill, my apologies for not noticing the picture of your rack.
The first thought that came to mind after seeing this picture is, I wonder what would happen if I firmly attached the rack to the wall behind it. If the wall isn't actually moving up and down with the floor this might solve the problem.
 Elaborating on the solution, you might raise the rack off the floor a half an inch with soft rubber footers and secure it to the stud in the wall by drilling through the center bar in the rear and using several 1/4 inch lag screws. If the rack is now a 1/2 inch off the floor and virtually suspended from the wall behind it maybe the problem would go away.
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Please look at some of the pictures that I posted earlier for clarification.  Page 1, reply#3: The top 2 pix show the way I had my turntable sitting on top of an oak cabinet. The bottom 3 pix show my steel TT wall mount bracket. If you "FF" to Page 3, reply#30, it shows an Lovan audio rack like I have.

I have pulled my Lovan audio rack out from the oak cabinet (which I no longer plan on using) and now plan on using the rack by itself for my electronics.  My LP12 will NOT be sitting upon this floor-standing rack, so mounting the Lovan on the wall and off the floor isn't going to help me here.  Neither is revisiting the floor bracing in my crawl-space.  (BTW - the Lovan rack is "modular", not one solid piece.)

I feel (at this point, anyway) that the TT wall mount bracket is the only feasible way to get around the footfall problems in this room.  I just have to figure a way to work with the studs in that area that are 24" apart to mount the bracket securely, incorporate some sort of cable management for behind the floor-standing Lovan audio rack which will be placed directly in front (and underneath) the TT wall mount and last but not least, pass the WAF test all at the same time! :roll:

Not a small task by any means! :shock:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #62 on: February 23, 2012, 12:00:48 PM »
Well, if was easy everybody would be in this hobby.
Good luck with the wall mount project.
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #63 on: February 23, 2012, 12:26:45 PM »
Well, if was easy everybody would be in this hobby.
Good luck with the wall mount project.
Scotty

Thanks, Scotty!  :thumb:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #64 on: February 23, 2012, 10:20:02 PM »
Ummm...just how married are you to this specific wall mount?
If it was me, I would just go to Ikea and pick up a couple sturdy wall brackets, mount them right on the studs, and then get a nice block of heavy thick wood...shelf is done.

Wait...this is AudiophiliaLand...scratch that.  :duh

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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #65 on: February 24, 2012, 05:57:46 AM »
You know damn well a big BOOS butcher block on sturdy shelf brackets is just TOO EASY!  :rofl:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #66 on: February 24, 2012, 08:47:17 AM »
Audiophile ≠ Easy !!!  :duh
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #67 on: February 24, 2012, 09:39:15 AM »
It's really not that hard:

(1)  Sell the Target wall mount

(2)  Buy, or have made, some real nice and sturdy iron brackets.

(3)  Install them on your 24" wide studs

(4)  top it with a really nice 2 - 4 inch thick maple butcher block

(5)  use audiophile approved gizmos of your choice for coupling/isolation:  cones, footers, rubber grommetts, Herbies this and that, etc.     :roll:

It will look better.
It will work at least just as well.
Less work and less hassle and less damage to walls.

Just end your pain already!!    :rofl:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #68 on: February 24, 2012, 11:35:30 AM »

Another option, if you are completely married to the Target mount.....

Just take it to a machine shop or iron worker's shop (storefronts, gates, railings, etc.) and have them weld on additional pieces to make it wider.  It is a simple job that I'm sure can be done for reasonable $$.
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #69 on: February 27, 2013, 09:45:43 AM »
I can hear all of you groaning from here - just chill!  8)

Yes, I am reviving this over a year old thread to let everyone know I have FINALLY resolved my Linn LP12's footfall problems with the bouncy floor in my listening room.

Strike up the band!



After a gazillion delays in getting a custom shelf cut for my turntable wall mount, I finally (with the help of fellow Audio Syndrome member, Mel) have things worked out.  I pulled my system apart and started working on my new combo wall mount and audio rack.  I finished the shelf and one visible cleat in black (pix to follow) to match the rest of the Ikea pieces I had bought months and months ago, drilled a "boatload" of pilot holes in the wall to find studs to mount the two (2) horizontal cleats to, assembled the CD storage section into the outer shell of the bookcase, screwed it all together and mounted the TT top shelf.

I re-assembled my complete system this past weekend, including my Linn LP12 and Ureka!  

NO MORE FOOTFALL PROBLEMS!!!

Not only have I gotten to listen to vinyl for the first time in over a year in my house, I got to hear the Soundsmith MMP3 phono stage I bought used on AC around New Years 2013 along with it.  All I can say is WOW!  The Soundsmith phono stage is so much more "alive" than the phono boards in my old Naim system.  It's almost like I got a new turntable!

All I can say is that this was worth the wait!  I will post pix soon.

SN


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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #70 on: February 27, 2013, 10:15:51 AM »
Yes that little soundsmith phono is quite nice
System consists of an amp a preamp, 2 speakers a turntable and a phono preamp, Also some cables and power cords and a really cheap cd player.

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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #71 on: February 27, 2013, 11:08:52 AM »
 :pics?:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #72 on: February 27, 2013, 11:11:55 AM »
:pics?:

I know, I know!  I said I'd post pix.  Hopefully tonight! :roll:
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #73 on: February 27, 2013, 11:58:08 AM »
Yes that little soundsmith phono is quite nice

I am very happy with it. In just the few short listening sessions I've gotten in with it, it sounds like a "keeper".  

The "bang-for-the-buck" factor makes it even better! :thumb:

SN
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Re: Turntable Wall Mount
« Reply #74 on: February 27, 2013, 01:16:28 PM »
Hmmm.....why am I not surprised it beats the Naim?!

Congrats and enjoy!    :thumb:
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TT1: Townshend Rock 3/OL Silver Mk3A
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complete: see Sunnydaze system on AC