VPI stand, or what other stand has enough room for a Super Scoutmaster?

[BillK]

VPI's tables that don't have a built-in motor require a fairly wide stand to support the turntable and motor/flywheel assembly.



VPI makes a stand and top (two separate pieces), so I'm curious if anyone here uses it, or what other stand you prefer.





Most standard equipment racks do not have tops wide enough.

[jules]

Solid Tech does the same

[Good Times]

I haven't seen Solid Tech do this, but I'd suggest you check out SRA. They customise platforms specific to components for not only their footprint, but also the weight distribution. So you could get a custom platform made to sit on your existing rack...

[Myles B. Astor]

Bill tried to send you a msg about SRA base lying around for VPI table but can't send you mail.

[BillK]

I don't know why you can't send me email; strange.

[Mcbuddah]

I am using an early 3 shelf TNT stand that I bought back in 1994 or so when I got a then-new TNT fitted with an ET2 arm. It is identical to the current version except for the shelf-count. The top is different too. Mine is a very heavy .75"x27x21" platform of some unknown (to me) dense material covered beautifully in piano-black shiny acrylic. I contemplated replacements for it this summer when I went on a bender and put isolation platforms under every component and found a magnificent 4" maple cutting board of the original dimensions as the top, which I pressed into service elsewhere in the system. I bought a set of Mapleshade carpet-piercing brass footers tapped to fit new brass studs in the bottoms of the four columns. I use center-holed Herbie's dots as a damper between the footers and the steel plate in the columns. The massive platform sits on heavy-duty Mapleshade iso-blocks that sit directly on the columns' top-plates. My current table, a belt-drive SSM Reference with the HRX feet, sits on the top of the block.

It seems to me that Harry W designed the SSM to really respond nicely to a stable, high mass platform. I have certainly given mine that. The table weighs about 100#. The rack, loaded with a mix of sand and lead shot, weighs about 175. The components on the 2 shelves weigh a combined 50#, but each is on its own 20# maple cutting board. The platform under the table is 65# and all the footers add another 15 for a grand total of nearly 450#!

For what it's worth, the results of these mods to the old rack, along with a $5 can of black spray paint, were astonishing. I suppose there are other a lot of other racks out there that may do the job as well, but I think it would cost quite a bit more. I spent less than $500 on the project am still thrilled nearly a year later at the result.

[zadfrak]

I did something different that you might consider.

Originally, I had an oracle turtable, but a similar problem. So i and bought an antique table with a marble top. The marble had a crack in it, so it went for fifty bucks. The thing still weighs about 80 pounds or so and ends up 2.5 to 3 feet tall, or just the height I was seeking.

So used antique marble tables works well. You just have to measure the marble to see if what you have fits. And they were certainly made of 100% real wood and pretty much always dark wood. I think the style itself was victorian.

And then I stuck my preamp underneath it.