[JCOehler]

Hi All -

Newly converted WTA owner here in Raleigh, NC.  Previous table was the VPI Classic 1, a very fine turntable but the WTA takes every aspect to a new and better place.

I've continued to tweak the arm set-up, one small adjustment leads to another as things settle and I feel I have my Lyra Delos dialed in just right after 5 days.  The rest of my system:

Manley Chinook phono (Furutech AG-12 phono cable)
Rogue Audio Metis Magnum pre-amp
McCormack DNA 1.0 with SMC Gold revision
Vandersteen 2CE Sig II
REL Storm III sub

What do all of you use for a shelf or platform for your WT table?  I have a DIY shelf bolted into the wall studs (exterior wall) in the bonus room above garage as this room is a bit springy and the wall bracket takes away a lot of the floor bounce.  I currently placed the WTA on what the Classic 1 used to sit on, a 2" solid butcher block.  I have an Idea Lack side table on the way for a direct comparison between the current solid foundation and the light, rigid that the Lack should offer.

I am interested in others experience.

Thanks

[SteevA]

Sits on 10mm glass shelf which rests on three ball bearings which sit in sockets on the top of my DIY rack.

Havn't fealt the need for a wall shelf since I stopped jumping up and down in front of my rack.

Steve

[mick wolfe]

I'd stay with the wall shelf set-up you used for the VPI. That's just a guess as I'm in Arizona and virtually everything here is built on a concrete slab. To my ears,
the WTA benefits from a solid foundation. Not to mention that the WTA has no built in leveling feature, so whatever you place it on becomes your "leveling device."
I use a double butcher block platform.... the bottom section has threaded inserts/spikes for leveling

[threadkiller]

Hello and welcome.
A wall shelf of most any type is a great way to go.
Target, Quadraspire, Apollo, et al will do just fine, as well as DIY.

The shelf - board can make a difference.  I've tried many things, with varying success.
My listening friends, most all WTL owners, gave thumbs down to glass and butcher block.
Too peaky, over etched.  Even the beloved Mapleshade board got the ax. Most listeners preferred bamboo, solid cherry, various aftermarkets made to fit the Target/Apollos.  Your system, and ears, may be different.

The Lack is great for the money, though you can do better.
Have fun experimenting and enjoy that table.

[mick wolfe]

Hello and welcome.
A wall shelf of most any type is a great way to go.
Target, Quadraspire, Apollo, et al will do just fine, as well as DIY.

The shelf - board can make a difference.  I've tried many things, with varying success.
My listening friends, most all WTL owners, gave thumbs down to glass and butcher block.
Too peaky, over etched.  Even the beloved Mapleshade board got the ax. Most listeners preferred bamboo, solid cherry, various aftermarkets made to fit the Target/Apollos.  Your system, and ears, may be different.

The Lack is great for the money, though you can do better.
Have fun experimenting and enjoy that table.

Though my original shelf tweaking was done when I had a Nottingham table, I found ( as shown) that sandwiching 4 evenly spaced mouse pads between 2
butcher blocks easily bettered a single butcher block.  I can only assume the additional damping ( mouse pads) and mass( a second butcher block) were the key factors

[cheap-Jack]

Hi.

Hello and welcome.

The shelf - board can make a difference. 
...gave thumbs down to glass and butcher block.

.. Most listeners preferred bamboo, solid cherry.

No, no glass please. Glass, depending on shape & thickness, resonances from 500-700Hz, well inside our ear most sensitive spectrum. I learnt a hard lesson with it supporting my tape deck, no good.

By hook or by crook, my DIYed rig is made of solid cherry wood. Good reddish cherry looking & neutral sounding. Besides, it cost me darn cheap to build.

c-J

[SteevA]

My listening friends, most all WTL owners, gave thumbs down to glass and butcher block.
Too peaky, over etched.  Even the beloved Mapleshade board got the ax. Most listeners preferred bamboo, solid cherry, various aftermarkets made to fit the Target/Apollos.  Your system, and ears, may be different.

Interesting your experience with glass as it doesnt tally with mine, at least not on my current rack. Perhaps the way the glass itself is supported plays an important part.

[threadkiller]

Could be, Steve.  Our experiments were not with Mana frames. It was somebody's  glass with various balls pucks nuts metal under it.  Just took all the warmth out of it.  Glassy. Lol.
You might have it just right. 

[mgsboedmisodpc2]

My well tempered classic with square motor was on a wall mounted shelf until the shelf pulled away from the wall the metal anchor.  I will have the shelf professionaly hung next time around and must say the bouncing neighbor up stairs and the apartment shaking trucks passing by the wall mounted shelf prevented vibrations getting to the table.  I have wall board construction.  Funny but where I hang my bicycles on the wall the wall board had come kind if rienforcing metal behind which I had to drill thru which the wall which the turntable shelf was mounted to does not have.