DIY SL-1200 bearing mod

[Trackside]

Apologizing for interfering in Your thread. My experience is that it´s very beneficial to address the plinth, maybe the most important, it´s just too week and too little damped IME.

But that is me and You should not take my word for it.
missan

No need to apologise - improving the plinth is beneficial on all TT's but it's my opinion that the SL-1200 plinth is very good in both rigidity and damping compared to decks of a similar cost. Now when it goes up against the big boys which it is starting to do when it's modded then yes a better plinth is going to help ( as it would with any TT). Can you suggest any mods to the plinth or does it need replacing altogether?

[missan]

Personally I´m fond of constrained layers. So I have taken the Al plinth and added a layer damping compound and outside of that an Al sheet. I think it has worked great. I guess reinforcements can also work, but still needs to be damped.
missan