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What's that constant alarm? Great content by the way!

Why the extra 'e' on Fisk?

Try a little bit of thin rubber between the boards.

Oh man, thank you very much!! I hope to fix Logitech G PRO Flight Yoke System in this way. 🤜🤛

The bamboo texture looks much better than the stained 😊

what size are bearings? what if you add one another plate?

You Made it! Its Miller Time! Congratulations!

The glass panel under it all, needs to be low iron glass to avoid those metallic micro harmonics 😂👍

@johngarnet2826 0 seconds ago I placed my discounted £12 Aptiitlig on 4 x 50cm Sorbothane hemispheres, then my Technics SL100C straight on top. Cue, for a cost of £20, my system now sounds as if I'd replaced ALL my equipment with gear twice as expensive. Improvements noticed across the spectrum. 70 years a hifi enthusiast, and never before experienced an upgrade like it. Just saying...

What size is the ball bearing?

Who makes your turn table? Nice job man.

Awesome Idea! What size BBs did you use? Would rubber beads be a better option?

I don’t see the link for the feet or base.

Excellent solution, nicely presented! One small suggestion for a finishing touch: a rubber grommet around the USB cable where it slots into the case.

Very cool. For more polish you could set up an Alexa routine with a custom phrase as trigger and then have your curtains go to the desired percentage. For example, you enter a trigger of WHEN/ADD AN EVENT+/VOICE: "Set masking to sixteen by nine" ALEXA WILL/ADD AN ACTION+/CUSTOM "Set Mask to 64%"

Try that tap test with an Acoustic reaseach EB-101.

we were here really wonderful experience

Sweet! We flew to Cornwall to watch from there. There were probably half a dozen planes that flew in for it. Just spectacular.

Totally!

Must have been crazy seeing the total eclipse!!!

Crazy thing... as far as I know, this Newtonian steel ball pendulum swings "forever", at least for quite a long time. So much for absorbing energy with steel balls and other sonorous materials. But it definitely looks “interesting” ;-) People who are fitter in natural sciences would probably take more proper measures to absorb structure-borne noise, such as quartz sand, felt wool, etc. and combine them. Sheer mass such as concrete or marble bases would also help. Pick up a tuning fork (which is also made of steel and not felt of course...steel has excellent vibration properties, uc?) and test the differences. Let it swing - or even not. To experiment with lower frequencies and also stimulate your base with bass, buy a cheap transducer, also called a "bass shaker," and place it near your base. A decoupled base on a steel base would perhaps work if this frame were a standing triangle and a vibration ran up two legs and then canceled out through superposition at the tip. In the case of the upper cutting board, it hangs between the further away supports (balls) ideally free for swinging like a bridge. All in all, what's the gain? Another thing, the soundwaves in the room will hit the turntable anyway, with or without an absorbing base. This, if its really absorbing, only helps against the structure-borne noise mentioned above, with this non-rigid storage on wheels, the turntable becomes even more active again.

Another area many turntables have resonance is from the aire to an open dust cover (when its open) - can act just like a microphone.

actually you have the squelch open not closed. Open lets the sound come through easily, closed shuts out any light RF. any unwanted noise.

Save your trip to IKEA, and mount it on the wall.

You deserve more views and everything. You rock!

Need to use bearings that are either 11mm or 12mm instead of 7/16. Did you find 7/16 tight or loose in the groove? Just need to figure out which would work best. Thanks

Ingenious ! Although I cant understand why you would choose a stain which completely obstructed the grain of the wood. It appeared as if the wood grain had a pretty cool design on the sides of the platforms. Love the video.

I've done the same except with three feet and three bearings. Great video but it does show a problem with my TV as that colour looks awful😊

Did you prepare the surface of the bamboo before staining? What kind of stain did you use? Did you seal it afterward?

Thanks for posting this video. I just did this exactly as described except I did not stain the IKEA boards. I think they look just fine as is. Without a doubt this setup significantly improved my stereo system sound. System: McIntosh 5300 integrated amp, Technics SL-1210GR turntable, Pro-Ject Tube Box DS2 phono preamp, Denon DCD-1700NE sacd/cd player, McIntosh XR-240 speakers. I am going to do this for my second turntable as well. Thanks again!

I've been looking at smart curtain rods and some are adjustable. Is this brand adjustable cuz when I went to their site it only showed 4 M and 5 m but nothing in between or variable sizes

Love the table

I just wanted to add my thank you to the list. 7 years later and this video fixed my dead zone issue. My flying is much more enjoyable now.

Keep it simple, MDF Board, layered with Cork sheet cut to size. Simple and inexpensive. No special tools. Paint mdf to required color. Add spikes, pucks whatever you desire. kiss is the best way! I even had the mdf cut at Home Depot for free. Cut the cork with a sharp knife, and assemble 30 minutes. Used 3 x 3/4 inch MDFB and 1/4 inch cork roll. Don't overthink it.

After getting a 16:9 tv I thought I would never get that nasty ugly black bar. They need to STOP this ugly black bar in my beautiful 16:9 4k TV.

Impressive!

Hi quick question, I noticed you didn't use your roll spring. In a real plane does it have a return center point feel or is it just free to move? Are you using the rubber bands also for roll tension as well?

Very nicely done. The ball bearing addition is genius.

Hey @MixtureRich thanks for this video. I have a Mofi Ultradeck which has dimensions of 19.69" x 5.375" x 14.25" and that cutting board is 17 ¾x14 ¼ ". With that being said, the Ultradeck's feet are set in by at least 1.5". Maybe 2". Do you think that'll work?

Well, I've just put mine together exactly like this and the fact that my wife said it sounds much better (even though she didn’t have a clue why i was doing it) says it all. The difference is amazing! I could only turn the volume up about 70% before i fitted this at which point the feedback/rumbling would start, now i turn it up to 90% volume(don't see any reason to go beyond this and risk damaging the amp) and there is zero feedback/rumbling. Sound difference is hard to explain, saying its clearer or fuller base just doesn't cut it, its got to be heard to appreciate it. So glad ive done this, thanks greatly for posting this video. 😊

Thanks for the video. Ive just bought the 2 ikea butchers block and waiting for delivery of the feet and bearings. Looking forward to seeing any difference it will make.

So is the science behind this the space between the boards creating a buffer to redirect the vibrations away? Very interesting approach.

Try foam Yoga blocks, they dampen quite well for a variety of audio applications

Shouldn't you use 8 ball bearings, 2 for each corner, and router a small groove for each ball bearing to move about an inch or so? Also, wouldn't it be better to use a full sheet of sorbothane instead of 4 isolation feet?

I'm going to buy this board and fix that dead zone. Had my yoke for years, but it's been in a box. Question though, my yoke drifts to the right - after installing this new board, is there a way to calibrate a NEW "center" so it actually stays CENTER?

So do the same thump test without the isolation base to get a real comparison. Note: I believe that cabinet is a Salamander Designs Oslo which I also have. I just did that test and was rather amazed at the result. When I placed the stylus on a record and just turned up the volume I started getting bad rumble, and that wasn't turned up all the way. I think it's just from the ambient noise since it's close to the furnace and it was running. So even if you isolate the turntable you can still be affected, but the isolation base would be worth the effort.

Saw that nice ruby red Pablo Jazz record on there initially & was hoping you'd spin it. Great taste!

Great video, I just completed mine and it works a treat 👍🏻

Not sure if been said, but three feet is optimal for creating a level surface.

The only step I would have left out was the stain. Just a preference.