Re: Restore a Beau Decca
Yesterday I swapped the spring damping mounts off the original Garrard deck, attached them to the RC80M and placed the deck into the cabinet.
Success up to a point- everything fits, deck looks good and appears to work as expected. I have not installed or connected the amp yet. However there is already a noise problem! When the deck was running in the block mount outside the cabinet, it did not appear particularly noisy (you can verify the noise it makes by playing the video link in post #86). However when inside the cabinet, the noise of the motor is transmitted and resonated by the cabinet and it is VERY noticeable. I guess I may have mounted the damping rubbers incorrectly- (they don't seem brittle or hard). Can anyone advise if there is a knack to getting the optimum isolation from these spring/rubber type mounts (see pic). Thanks.
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