Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack


The supply chain issues have certainly sucked. I am waiting for the LAST piece of my set up.....my rack. I’ve been waiting over a year for all my components to come in and the rack has been the longest wait. Please tell me it’s worth the time and $$$ or offer other options for consideration that may be more available. My brother offered Critical Mass but I am trying to save a few bucks, and not clear if they have the same supply issues. Appreciate your thoughts in advance.

Lance

meadski

you guys dont understand critical mass racks are a huge upgrade to a system when you remove noise and resonance from components it is an upgrade as significant as upgrading an amp or preamp from a very good component to a reference level

we havebeen playing with these kinds of racks for years we started eith hrs went to stillpoints then  to critical mass

we demoed a 20k stillpoints rack it transformed our reference system from good to something approaching a live event

 

unless you have experienced this kind of device and what it dies sonically

you have no idea to the magnitude of the improvement

honestly I could never have imagined ever spending 20k on a rack tillI personally heard how transformenal a real energy absorbing rack can be

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

critical mass dealer

 

 

 

 

 

Whatever pleases everyone, but I tend to agree that a well made rack should minimize tweaking as the improvement they bring is more uniform.

Some of them look nice too.

What a surprise.   A Critical Mass dealer giving a positive review of the product!   I wonder how the folks down below are enjoying the freeze. 🤣

@boxcarman

For a few hundred bucks you can get a Pangea wood rack with 4 or 5 shelves. If you think you have vibration issues, use footers or an isolation pad. It is ridiculous to spend megabucks on a rack.

+1

Better to spend the money on nice custom book/LP/CD racks and other room treatments.

Sorbothane, points and VPI bricks in a Pangea create an absolutely dead support. ZERO tube amp microphonics.

IMO, anyone with the TT the same room as speakers capable of realistic levels is asking for trouble. [My last TT set up was in another room with the ARC SP6 with support anchored to the concrete floor... in the last century 😉]

None believers can digitize the preamp output with the power amps on and off, then compare. Any delta and you gots a problem

I have some older Solid Steel racks. Each shelve has threaded points.

But I do have a set of Critical Mass footers under each component.

ozzy