Adona Equipment Racks

@ozzy

I usually consider your comments to be reasonable ad fact based, but I was surprised by your comment about the Adona racks. I went from a Target rack, which was obviously for beginners to the Adona, and noticed a substantial improvement. Yes, I use cones and Live Vibe Apprentice stands with it, but I’m wondering if you have the personal experience with them to say that they have "no real sonic attributes.'

I am well aware of course that there are other more expensive racks that perform at a higher level.

I have owned an Adona Zero SR4 for about 15 years, and I love mine and recommend it. The price is fair, they look good, and most importantly, they are infinitely adjustable. The granite shelves as you probably know are laminated to MDF underneath with a layer of damping elastomer, and I think it is really effective sonically.

I think that the customer service was fine, but I do wonder if they have, or had some influence with Audiogon as advertisers, because I did a positive review of the rack way back then, and only mentioned that there were no instructions for assembly, and the review was rejected by Audiogon.

@ozzy

Adona racks are designed with granite shelves that are bonded with a layer of a special elastomer to a layer of MDF. Each shelf sits freely on a flat round brass piece at each corner. It does provide a stable and quiet platform that it a marked sonic improvement over thin MDF shelves, but special footers or Apprentice platforms will certainly provide better sound by draining vibrational energy that exists within the component.

They are good racks, and I really don’t think that they are overpriced comparatively, since the price of racks can get so high. Theirs start at pretty sane prices.

@zephyr24069  Well stated!

@phillyb

I’ve had mine for 15 years and mine are black. I think that’s always been offered.