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Hello, looking to upgrade my component rack. I have a nice audio/video rack however it is not made for high end gear. It looks nice but thats about it, too much glass and beautiful looks but it shakes like crazy and the rack is especially made for my huge tv. I have looked into Usher wood rack and Salamander type racks. My budget is between $200 and $500 not looking for an MDF type rack I would like to get something with good vibration isolation control, wood and something that will fit my decor. So far I have a I have an integrated tube amp, tube cd player and a TT.My video components will be housed separately from my audio compononets. Looking forward to some good recommendations. Thanks in advance!
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Cannot remember what brand/model I ended up buying; but it was a mdf based double-wide, 3 shelf, a/v rack, open all around. Very similar to this one by sanus, well within your budget.Added benefits;
- open all around = plenty of ventilation, even for my class-a amp in the middle shelf and easy access.
- room for 6 components.
- low profile does not provide undesirable baffle between speakers and is aesthetically pleasing.I am not convinced that a huge effort/expense on vibration control in the design and materials are warranted. Probably massive overkill, like most things in this hobby. I probably have 200-300 lbs of gear on my rack, you'd probably need something that measures on the bloody richter scale to make it vibrate.
hope this helped.
"I am not convinced that a huge effort/expense on vibration control in the design and materials are warranted. Probably massive overkill, like most things in this hobby. I probably have 200-300 lbs of gear on my rack, you'd probably need something that measures on the bloody richter scale to make it vibrate."My wife used to laugh about my efforts to control vibration and she came home from church one day with a different laugh. Her church was St John's Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia—a large, stone, gothic style cathedral with a stone slab floor. She'd just happened to notice that the floor vibrated strongly with bass notes from the pipe organ, and this was not at the loudest levels the organ could deliver. The stone floor weighs more than your 200-300 lbs and the energy delivered by a pipe organ is somewhat less than an earthquake which measures on the Richter scale. Your example does not provide a sound argument against vibration control. It takes less energy than you think to cause vibration in 200-300 lbs, and in any event the Richter scale goes quite low and is capable of measuring earth movements that people don't notice. Pretty well anything is likely to measure on the Richter scale if you have a sensor in your room, not miles and miles away at your nearest measuring station.
I used the 'richter scale' figuratively not literally. The point being, a lot of audio gear is overengineered, including racks. I am not convinced that MOST listening rooms would have a PRACTICAL issue with the kind of energy vibrating through the rack to make an AUDIBLE difference. Stomping on bouncy floors while playing a turntable may be the closest one is likely to get, but even that is hardly a practical concern (unless you insist on doing jumping jacks while listening to music).
it would only have two shelves at that price point...about $535 plus shipping.But you could always get another shelf for it down the road as funds permit.
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/mapleshadesamson.htm
I own, this ALU rack costs about 120 euroshttp://www.jaspers-alu.de/jaspers-alu/images/C-5.jpg
It's very light to ship.
Fill its pipes with sands (and close them with corks) before mounting it. After that, it's rock.
Make the shelves by yourself, each with a bottom layer of 2cm-thick polyurethane and a top layer of 2cm-thick tilia wood (no need to glue them).
You should stay in your budget. I personally own this and I'm happy.
Cheers
Roberto
is said to be a decent rack for cheap. (30$)I would avoid Archetype or Synergy racks as their performance is not as good. ( I would put them in 'they-look-nice-but-that's-about-it' category, too.
Zoethecus, if you can still find them , is okey if you replace their stock shelves with Neuance aftermarket shelves.
I would say it may be hard to find solid wood at the price point. MDF seems to be the preferable shelf material especially in your price range. That said, you might consider the solidsteel 5 series which can be purchased at your price point ($500 for 3 shelf) at Music Direct. It has good isolation. However it has MDF shelving. Another choice might be the Apollo Aria series. They too will fall into your price point.
Life has lots of trials and lots of music to help us through them.
I forgot these when I posted below - an excellent recommendation.
in S.F. and they look very nice. I ended up buying an Adona rack, as I thought it would meet my needs better. You can check them out at www.adonacorporation.com The nice thing with them is the shelves are higher tech than most of the moderately priced units, they are adjustable, and you can add on to them as budget permits. The black marble is beautiful.Have fun, and let me know if you have any other questions about these two racks, Steve
http://www.zillaspeak.com/systems.asp
I've had this: http://salamanderdesigns.com/syn/synergy.jsp?modelbase=sn20 for the past two years.Pros: looks good, solid, quality hardware, quality finish on metal
Cons: veneer is thin & is wearing on edges, no real cable mgt.,
real panels a minor pain to remove/adjust, and not suited
for turntable use.
Relive your youth with the consummate "work in progress" look.
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You must have had MUCH more $$ in your youth than me, I had to stack my stuff on top of each other on the floor, on mis-matched pieces of carpet. We had to use our milk crates for chairs!Ahhh, I just remembered what piece of gear was on top, because it had tubes. Man, I was STUPID back then. I'm going to shut up now before I start crying for losing that piece of gear . . .
Thanks for the memories though . . .
we loooonnnngggggged for mis-matched carpet and milk crates. We 'ad to sit on broken milk bott'ls on rugs made outa leaves. And our stereo was a pair of rats squeekin thru the 'ole in the wall.
Yoo 'ad a pair o' rats?? yoo wear looky, all we 'ad was oone rabid bat, an th'carpet was made oota spent needles froom th'ospital . . .. . . I better stop now before I get started on a non-stop Monty Python skit.
It looks nice outside, perhaps I'll go work on the shrubbery . . .
...did someone say SHRUBBERY?
You might find a used or demo Zoethecus toward the high end of your range. Way better than the Salamander. I haven't seen the Usher. A used Standesign might be another option. I'm not a huge fan of most the stands that are in your price range new.
I have been using two Salamander Archtype 3.0 racks for my audio/video system for about 2 months.Although my interest is two channel audio,space considerations required that I locate a LCD moniter(and related video gear)amongst my two channel system.I have been pleasantly surprised with the quality,utility and value of these racks.On the audio rack I have located a Furman Elite 15-pf,Wadia 830 cd player and ARC LS-15.On the video rack,Furman Elite 15-pf,HD cable box,and supplemental amplifier for video applications.As stated I had my doubts about the racks before I installed them,but now am very pleased with the results.They are very sturdy with no vibrational problems,flexible and attractive in a utilitarian way.Highly pleased aand cost less than $400.
http://www.starsoundtechnologies.com/sistrum.html
nt
I am an audiophile so form follows function!What have you got on your stand: lace and pink satin bunting!
nt
N.T.
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