Starting out with a P3-24 deck. My deck started life as a refurbished P3-24 unit, with no mods made to it. Firstly, after much reading I purchased the TT motor control unit; which is available from many retailers at reasonable cost. It should be said that this is one of the easiest and most effective upgrades that you can me,...
The area under the platter was too thin, and tended to concentrate vibration around the platter main bearing sleeve. This was fixed by brute force to avoid vibration in the first place (a very large granite / MDF block below the plinth). The positioning of the motor and circuit led to some noise, and only earthing to motor prevented it. It...
This was a real result, it was used for well over a year on my original turntable to effectively reduce noise. Making the component was simplicity itself, just use silicone sealant to glue the three materials togehter, then I glued a black edge strip to make it look nicer. Here are some photos. The finihsed sub-base One of the feet glued...