Audio Rack Opinions


After a fair amount of research, I have landed on 3 candidates for upgrading my audio rack:

  1. Symposium Acoustics Foundation Ultra 
  2. Core Audio Plykraft 4L
  3. Butcher Block Audio Rigid Rack with 4 shelves 

This will be used with the following system:

Palmer 2.5i Turntable

  • LFD NCSE Mk3 amplifier
  • Sutherland Little Loco phono stage
  • Oppo UDP 203 CD player
  • Palmer turntable power supply
  • This sits on hardwood floors to the left of my Harbeth speakers which are Tontrager stands

I am not in the market for a $10k plus rack, but would love to hear opinions on the above racks or any other suggestions  

 

Thanks in advance  

 

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That's a beauty of a TT, the 22lb platter must give tremendous stability. I miss my Thoren's TD124 platter which was impressive, heavy in it's day, and only 1/3 the weight.

@elliottbnewcombjr -- thanks for the kind words.  It is pretty amazing and yes, the overall weight makes it a pretty solid.  I have had it for about 6 months and just love it

I have a three shelf, double bay Rigid Rack and an amp stand. I highly recommend Butcher Block Acoustics for their products and the customer service.

 

My strategy has been good looking sturdy racks… then to follow through with vibration control. I have a Silent Running Audio Ohio Class isolation platform for my turntable (I highly recommend these). Then a combination of Black Diamond Racing platforms, cones, and Nobsound springs. Over the decades I have tried a number of different technologies.

Alternatively, you can get a fully suspended and dampened rack… but my feeling is it is more cost effective… or at least spreads out the cost when you start with solid racks, then add vibration controle one component after another. This allows you to customized it to each component. However, You need space to do this!

So, I recommend purchasing from companies that have been around forever so, if you need more you can get them. Height adjustable is really useful when you start experimenting with vibration control… it is easy to end up adding 2” to 6” to the height of a component. Think ahead.