[Mrvile]

Here are some pics of my cozy little bedside listening station:

 

[Aman]

Dark Knight: You ought to get that turntable off of the top of your CD player.

 

[Dork Knight]

Unfortunately I have no where else to put it at the moment, when I have the funds I need to purchase a rack to move all the kit on to which will then be located elsewhere.

What sort of problems can be caused with the TT sat on to of the CD Player as I may hold off on using it until I can get a rack?

 

[Chops]

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Originally Posted by Dork Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif What sort of problems can be caused with the TT sat on to of the CD Player as I may hold off on using it until I can get a rack?

Absolutely none that I can think of. As long as the CD player is sitting perfectly flat and it's deep enough to have all four feet of the TT sitting properly, then there's no reason why you "shouldn't" have the TT on top of it.

The ONLY thing I can think of is that there looks to be not enough room to open the dust cover high enough to put on an LP, put your hand in there to run a brush on it, or position the tone arm. (Unless you completely remove it, which you do.)

Other than that, you'r TT is fine where it's at.

 

[Dork Knight]

Ah, that's good news then - Thanks Chops

All four feet are sat on the CD Player and the cover is just sat on top of the TT and removed when I use it, although I only have one LP at the moment so the usage is fairly small.

 

[Patu]

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Originally Posted by Dork Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif What sort of problems can be caused with the TT sat on to of the CD Player as I may hold off on using it until I can get a rack?

Vibration from the CDP will have negative effect on the sound quality of your turntable!!11!11!!

 

[SoundGoon]

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Originally Posted by Patu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Vibration from the CDP will have negative effect on the sound quality of your turntable!!11!11!!

Dork, as long as you're not using them both at the same time you should be fine.

 

[Patu]

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Originally Posted by SoundGoon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dork, as long as you're not using them both at the same time you should be fine.

Where's your sense of humor?

Seriously, I can't see why you couldn't keep TT on CDP.

 

[Dork Knight]

They'll be used one at a time, so that's OK

Only one set of ears.

 

[Chops]

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Originally Posted by Dork Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, that's good news then - Thanks Chops All four feet are sat on the CD Player and the cover is just sat on top of the TT and removed when I use it, although I only have one LP at the moment so the usage is fairly small.

No problem.

 

[Aman]

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Originally Posted by Dork Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif What sort of problems can be caused with the TT sat on to of the CD Player as I may hold off on using it until I can get a rack?

I think most would disagree with Chops here. Turntables react to even the most minute amount of vibrational force, be it coming from other objects, or from the CD player itself. Regardless of the source, the CD player alone will vibrate enough to make a sonic difference on the turntable's playback. The infinite possibilities of vibrations and instability that can come from the desk, and travel up the CD player (which is absolutely no dampener whatsoever) don't help matters either.

 

[Arainach]

At long last, I add the final piece of my audio rig: A decent chair.

 

[Chops]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think most would disagree with Chops here. Turntables react to even the most minute amount of vibrational force, be it coming from other objects, or from the CD player itself. Regardless of the source, the CD player alone will vibrate enough to make a sonic difference on the turntable's playback. The infinite possibilities of vibrations and instability that can come from the desk, and travel up the CD player (which is absolutely no dampener whatsoever) don't help matters either.

"I think most would disagree with Chops here."

Not likely.

If you look closely, the CD player and TT are NOT connected to the desk at all, but a shelf that's bolted directly to the wall. Secondly, why would someone have their CD player running if they are listening to their TT, which Dork Knight has already said he does NOT do? Lastly, the Pro-Ject Debut III has rather good damping through it's stock feet to begin with.

If there's any vibration coming through the walls to disturb the TT, then Dork needs to turn his headphones waaaaaaaaay down before he blows his ear drums.

And I don't know about you, but none of my CD players vibrate at all while running.

 

[chuckles]

Here's my setup. Still a work in progress as I either have to drag a chair over to the headphones or use my current cheapo headphone extention cord to reach the couch (usually the latter)

 

[keanej6]

Mrvile, we have like the same set up