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From: infmx!simond@uunet.UU.NET (Simon David)
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Subject: Re: Shelves for Target TT5 Brace
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Date: 20 Mar 91 13:48:16 GMT
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In article <10159@uwm.edu> hqyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>Hi all,
>
>I have a Target TT5 component rack (a metal brace with 5 shelfs kind
>of like the type made by Arcici).  I am not at all confident of the wooden
>shelfs provided for this rack (the shelves vibrate like anything)
>and have been experimenting with replacing it with other things.
>
>I know of the Brassfield isolation shelf but they are pretty expensive at
>around $500 (and I need 5 of 'em!).  I thought perhaps marble slates
>cut to fit the metal brace would offer an elternative to the wood.  Has
>anyone experimented with anything along these lines??

Yes, I have a Target TT2 (the two shelf type), which I used to use
as the turntable support. My Roksan Xerxes has no suspension and was
prone to picking up footsteps etc. I changed the top plate for a
specially made substitute made out of Torylite. This is a wooden
board, actually made of cells covered in an outer skin (I think). It
is very light, but also very rigid and worked wonders for my system
and also for a friends CD player as well.

The turntable is now on a Origin Live table but the Torylite/Target
combination still works OK, holding the pre amp of the floor.

The Sicomin shelf is also meant to be very good (and very expensive).
I have not tried one in my system but see them at lots of high-end
demos.


Simon David
Informix UK Tech Support
simond@informix.com