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Re: Audio Rack with isolation?

Posted by FrankC (A) on February 22, 2007 at 10:18:56

In Reply to: Re: Audio Rack with isolation? posted by michaelv20850 on February 22, 2007 at 07:27:22:

If you decide to use Lovan rack, I would recommend the following:

1/ skip the factory MDF boards. You usualy have to pay for them separately, and you pay an arm and a leg for bunch of cheap, crappy, 3/8" thick MDF boards. For about the same price, you can probably get nice solid maple boards or granite cut to your specification. Shop around as prices varies quite a bit. I got quotes from $150 to $500 for three (3) pieces of 3/4" thick granite. The best place to shop for granite is your local granite shops that caters to the kitchen countertop. They usually have a pile of cutouts (for sinks) lying around the shop. They'll sell them to you for cheap. The trick is to find thick pieces and then ask them to cut it to the dimensions you want. They will charge extra if you want the edges polished.

2/ use a glue gun and seal the gaps around each of the legs and then fill them with sand or lead shot.

3/ Because I replaced a few with granite, I ended up double stacked the existing MDF boards and use a vibration damping sheet in between. The "sandwiched" contraption actually works half way decent.

FrankC

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