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Audio Rack Selection

Putting together a new system and an upgraded audio rack will be part of the package. Would love to know your thoughts on the issue? Is there a true need to buy upper tier racks?

The rack will need to hold a McIntosh C2600 preamp, 2 monoblocks, power conditioner and a turntable. Flooring in the room is hardwood.

Would love your thoughts and recommendations.

bhaudiophile
celtic66
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https://quadraspire.co.uk/svt.html 

This rack should accommodate your needs.  The SVT series easily bested my Target stand by tightening the bass, dropping the noise floor, separating instruments and voices, improving the speed of attack.
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dnb4
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I have a pARTicular Novus rack with 3 high performance acrylic shelves and 2 standard walnut shelves with their Visco-elastics /Aluminum Discs separating each shelf from it support bar. The 2 standard walnut shelves will be replaced with 2 high performance acrylic shelves this spring. This rack walks all over my old Bell'O rack with glass shelves and 3" solid cherry blocks supporting my equipment. The pARTicular rack (without the 3" cherry blocks in use) just presented a whole new soundscape of music I did not know I could get from my modest equipment. The music presentation is now tighter yet more open with space between instruments and a slightly improved sound stage. If interested, check it out along with their other racks at  http://www.particular.com/products/novus/index.html.
masonneckva
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Check out Kanso Audio Furniture, near Corotoman, Virginia where Robert "King" Carter (1662-1732) lived. 

http://www.kansoaudiofurniture.com/p1.html
fastfreight
778 posts
 
Hi, have you seen the beautiful hardwood racks from Timbernation in PA?  My new rack is strong, beautiful, reasonable, and holds similar equipment.  I modified his stock dimensions to slightly deeper and bigger clearances.  Love it.  Tiger Maple shelves with Walnut rails. He built it in two weeks and shipped free to my door. No more sagging bookshelf under my BHK amp!  Ken
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philkoan
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If you choose a wooden audio rack, go to a local woodworker and talk to him. You show him a picture and specific dimensions you want then ask him the board footage for the material. Go to this website to choose the wood and order online.https://www.woodworkerssource.com/search.html?Search=bubinga. Bubinga, Wenge or Zebra costs approximately $25 per board foot. 30 board feet plus shipping costs about $1000. This is a 2-4 hour job, or $1,500 max material and labor. The cost difference is on the word "high-end audio rack" just like cables.
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