Metal, aluminum, or wood for a rack ?

John, I checked out your "Altar" and you've got a groove going. Not sure if Maple would work, but you can get a different finish applied.

Thanks so much Kenny.
I guess my question wasn't clear.
I really wanted to know if a metal that is magnetic would cause sonic problems over a non magnetic alloy when buying or building a rack.
I looked at your rack and it would be perfect. I just need a three shelf simple rack.
All the brass all thread I've researched is very expencive.
I can almost buy a $300 rack for the price of the brass all thread.
Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and spend the yen to make a really sturdy rack.

I use a steel rack [Star Sound] and have no trouble so I wouldn't worry about one.

You guys all have some nice looking racks. ;-) Are you looking for improvements or just a different look? I ask because I'm leaning toward re-doing my racks also. In my case I have found better results with using products like rollerballs and Stillpoints so I'm thinking of getting rid of all the sandboxes except the one under the turntable. And, I'd like to get things down lower to the floor. It seems that the first thing is that the stand must be rigid.

If you search for Wood racks I think you will find my comments. If you can't in summary using steel rods with appropriate stop nuts and end caps thick Maple makes an excellent vibration damping rack.