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suggestions on affordable equipment stands.

i have a basic stereo system with lots of tweaks because this is part of the hobby i like. my goal is to get the best sound quality for budget prices so i use emotiva amp, pre and cd. music fidelity vdac. magnepan mmg speakers with dual deq velodyne subs. i have improved the performance of my system with isonodes , room tune and bass traps room treatments, furman and ps audio ac improvements and all morrow audio cables. today i put all my gear on a slab of concrete resting on tennis balls and some thick wood butcher blocks between each component. the system was on a glass shelved metal rack from walmart. isolated with vibrapods but still from walmart. the sound quality is improved and i suspect resonance from the metal and glass were a problem. any opinions on this or suggestions about a inexpensive rack that would help ? thanks john
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tholt
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@Jdoris - 4 legs would be more stable than 3, but I haven't had a problem with stability. I suspect going with 3 rods over 4 is the same '3 points make a plane' principle as using 3 footers under a component instead of 4; the least contact while still functional.

The rack in the link you provided does have a leg in back, so your previous observation may be true in this case.
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i like those boos blocks. thanks
6550c
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I built my own out of salvaged mdf I got from a used display rack/ cabinet from behind a K mart store. At first i built speaker stands, but now I use them for equipment stands. Each comoonent has its own stand. It looks and works great and in fact, I have had lot of people ask where I got it and they can believe it was basically free except for about 10 bucks spent on fasting hardware. Maybe i sould go into business making these.
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