Physically awkward components...

My favorite is the Nagra PL-L preamp with all the inputs on the left and all the outputs on the right. Of course, all my sources are on the right and all my amps are on the left and, because it is a tube preamp, I could not really invert it!

Best solution: Face it away from the front of the rack with a mirror behind it! ;-)

You crack me up green man!! I always had the Kwai Chang Caine thing in the back of my head too! "...snatch the Shakti Stones from my hand young Gunbei and it will be time for you to leave...."

I've got this isolation platform in my work system. It is a laboratory grade isolation platform from a physics lab made from steel and lead which fortunately comes in two separate parts. It has four small shock absorbers as legs. It holds my preamp and my CD player. It weighs in at over 300 lbs!!! It is affectionately known by my friends who've helped me move it at one time or another as "The Widow-Maker".

Marco

Hey Marco, what about them Gigantor sized bolts you were using on top of your gear at one point? It must have been a dicey maneuver to place them on your transport without scratching or denting the tops of the case.

I think that squirrrel-eyed Master Pooh could really see and he was checking out those young boys all the time. Mad Magazine did a funny spoof on Kung Fu, called Kung Phool. Kwai Chang sat around reading "Prayboy" magazine and beat the living crap out of Master Khan when he told him to...

"As quickly as you can. Snatch the pebble from my hand." KERPOWWW!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't Caine have the most contented look on his face every time his forearms made contact with that boiling urn? It must have been a Class A Plinius SA250 or something.

I find drawers that are off center irritating. Many shelves have side posts that wrap towards the front of the shelf and manage to obstruct off center drawers from opening.

Gumby dammit - I still have the bolts, and I was never so daft as to actually place them on the top of the bare neked component.....well, that is after the first time! They have both taken up prop duty and have been recently replaced by other unusual heavy metal objects I have hanging around the studio. Gotta circulate the fun! The weight leaves a nice indentation in the top cover where other heavy objects can sit without fear of an earthquake (here in Seattle) shaking them loose.

I don't think the expression on David Carradine's face ever changed much at all as I recall, no matter what he was doing. Kind'a made you wanna' slap the dude sometimes. I think he was in a perpetual opium coma..that's the only way he could get a grip on that Plinius like that!

Marco