Racks - what’s awesome without impacting my kids college plans?

As much as I like Sound Anchors for my turntable stand, I would not recommend them for electronics.  I had intended to use the two shelves below my turntable for my preamps, but unfortunately anything placed on the steel supports acquires an edginess in the highs that I can't accept.  This was true whether the component was resting directly on the steel bars or on a wood platform or rubber feet or some other isolator.  It's too bad because the shelves below my table are now just empty space.

For electronics I am very happy with my 4-shelf Box Furniture stand.

What salectric says is probably true for most steel racks.  Just not the Sistrum from Star Sound.  Just had to add that.  I custom built a 2" thick wood shelf unit with threaded steel rods like Mapleshade sells, and the jump in performance getting a used Sistrum 4 shelf rack was quite amazing with zero drawbacks.  Adding the RTS couplers, also bought used, really quantified the improvement to a larger level.  It also made each component sit rock solid on the shelf where it sat on 3 points prior and you had to push buttons with a light tough so nothing slide on the points.  If you're interested in getting the best sound, you should read the testimonials on the Star Sound website.  Used, you may get the stuff for about 40% or even less of the list price.

I am not sure where you are from but Quadraspire, a UK manufacturer, make great value stands which sound terrific.  

I'd also adding recommend buying a low price rack and spending some cash on some Townshend rack isolation corner feet.  They are amazing and make the simplest of racks sound fantastic. 

I have an older model Solid Steel rack. Each shelve is on spikes and the stand is also spiked.
In addition, I have 4 Stillpoints Ultra SS under each component.

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