Audio / Stereo Rack

Why do people buy amplifier stands without casters??

This has perplexed me for so long. There are limited places that sell amplifier racks with casters. Sound anchor, is a wonderful source for an amp rack. Solid steel and customized to your dimensions and the cost is unbelievably reasonable.
 

Salamander racks are good but they do a very poor job providing good amplifier stands. They are not big enough.  On their website they have a picture with an amp on one of their stands and it extends over the rack by a few inches. Terrible design for amplifiers, you would think they would do better. Also their website is horrifying, put the pricing isn't so bad so you gonna put up with it. 

@emergingsoul

Casters are not provided because they degrade the sound. Typically spikes are standard.

Salamander is a consumer brand… so, they expect low end components that are standardized in size as opposed to high end amps.

There are lots of high end audio rack companies producing amp stands designed for high end amps.

@ghdprentice 
 

Higher audio rack Quality makes sense for turntables, and other things with moving parts. Amplifiers which seem to be a bit more sturdily built and if they had casters I don't think that would impair the sound of a 150 pound amplifier.

Although if it does, it would sure be interesting to know why that's the case.

I use an Anchor sound rack with casters for Mono blocks and it's solid as a rock. 

@emergingsoul 

It's pretty well known that well designed supports allow amps, preamps and DACs to sound their best. As someone who owns a high value system, I'm pretty surprised that you wouldn't be aware of that. Casters are no better for amps than they are for speakers.