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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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DiY baby! Costs less and you get that special pride when you're done... click here. This is a great rack, I made mine with Ash that still had the curves of the wood on the edges. Cost me around $200 in materials and a couple weekends of drilling and sanding. Love it
hotmailjbc OP
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thanks for the encouragement.. the the pictures of the racks are very nice and i like the theory. i've read lots of good things about the sonic characteristics of maple so i,m going to start on this..
jdoris
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I got a lot of help for a DIY rack (which I enjoy) on the thread below.

But a bit of patience could get you a nice used rack here for a price that might be quite competitive, as the materials for DIY can be pretty dear.

Note that if you go a rod and shelf design, the three rod version linked above limits the depth of components, which might be an issue with some gear, like big power amps.

John



http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1158841915
hotmailjbc OP
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thanks for the response. your equipment rack and setup is very nice. the links are helpful. i.m leaning toward maple butcher blocks and those boos products are what i was looking for that are commercially available. if i go another direction i still have some great butcher blocks.
tholt
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Note that if you go a rod and shelf design, the three rod version linked above limits the depth of components, which might be an issue with some gear, like big power amps.

This would be true if one of the rods was in back, which it isn't. All rods are on the sides of the shelves.
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