Problems with vibrations skipping records

[thomasmagnum]

Whenever someone walks in my living room or my dogs are playing the record will skip because there is too much movement. I'm sure many people have had issues like this before but I was wondering if anyone had any interesting ideas on what to put under the turntable to stabilize it a little more so they record wouldn't skip so much. It will skip when someone is walking in the living room sometimes. It sucks major wang...any ideas?

[thechuckdiezel]

I suffer from the same my gf has to tip toe around my room when I play my records I still can not figure out a solution to this problem

[thomasmagnum]

Yeah in my last two places i've had issues with this since we have hardwood floors it seems...cuz my records never skipped in my place a few years back when i had carpet

[tobinownlife]

My parents record player used to do this. They moved it to a different spot, the corner of the room, and now it works fine even if I were to jump around in front of it. I don't know why that helped so much. It may have been slightly tilted or something.

[kouka]

i have seen some people use a cushion thing under their turntables, and it acts as a shock absorber.

another solution might be mounting a shelf to your wall, and keeping your turntable on that.

[thomas]

Try some padding under the turntable or whatever it rests on to try to absorb some of the vibration.

[xxmartinxx]

If it's in the center of the room, the floor has the most bounce there, and will make it skip. You can attach it to the wall, but that's a lot of effort. You can try to cut small pieces of carpet to fit under the stand's feet, that might dampen the vibrations.

[translatingthename]

i had the same problem until i put a towel underneath my turntable

[thechuckdiezel]

All good suggestions thanks guys gotta try them out

[thrillho]

try a casette player, they don't skip at all!

[whatails]

yeah a towel or two will probably remedy this for you

[mattstrike]

How do you have your gear set up?

I would honestly recommend a wall mount or decent shelf system designed for hi-fi gear.

Footfalls are the most noticeable problems one encounters without dampening, but isolation for all yr gear will really help improve the sonics. Definitely not snake-oil.

[cosmonaut]

I've seen someone cut racquetballs in half and place them under the feet of the turntable, which eats up some of the vibrations. But the best thing to do is to get a shelf and mount it to the wall.

[alphanumerica]

Adjust the weight on the arm. play with the anti-skate (if your player has one).