Audio stand needed....Moving main components from mechanical room to listening room
Looking to move my main components out of my mechanical room into my listening room and need some furniture recommendations. Would be placed on a wall perpendicular to my speakers by a window. Hoping for something with 3 shelves and about 60" long that can accommodate my audio research pre amp that is about 20-21" deep with cables out the back. Ideally TT would go on top with 6 components on the lower two shelves, so I need a stand that handles 3 units across each shelf. I have viewed so many great stands out there that would work but can't locate them now that I need to find one. Prefer black and understand that I may need to use some anti vibration platters. I am currently using one on my turntable. I plan to place my amplifier under my center channel with a separate stand.
Thanks in advance.
Can't get the url from my system to copy over but it is under Woots system if you have time to view.
I have a Sound Anchors rack for 1 of my Monoblocks as well. They made me a custom rack with 9 coves. Steel filled with sand. Must weigh over 400 pounds. I've got all Townshend everything and they do not make racks. However, they do make Seismic Rack Isolation Corners which isolate equipment racks down to 30Hz. I've got those too. |
+1 on Core Audio. I worked with Arnold on my rack and also added a platform for my power amp. The photos in my system do not do it justice and I would be happy to share additional images if you would like. However the best option is to have a call with him and talk about your goals for the rack and hear more about his approach to the work. Best of luck! |
@thr1961 what power strip is that in your pictures? |
@woots Looks like you've stirred the passions of some obsessively compulsive audiophile types with this simple question. Yes, from a scientific point of view, most living and/or otherwise energized things (e.g. circuit boards) do, indeed, emit a certain amount of vibration and/or an electromagnetic field. The question is how much this really affects the sound quality of your system, if at all. There are many other issues or factors related to vibrations in a sound system and sound room (e.g. construction of the stereo components; construction of the sound room itself, like the floor; pictures hanging on the walls; windows; furnishings; etc.). If you can truly hear a problem then, by all means, do something about it. If not, relax, save some money and enjoy your music. To some "audiophiles", it ain't high-end unless it costs mucho dinero and purports to do things even they or most humans on the planet can't hear or sense (e.g. audio cables & connects). While Salamander products aren't cheap, go to their website and check out the different products they have. All of the dimensions and configurations they offer will be there. My McIntosh amp fits just fine on the bottom shelf of my Salamander Synergy rack, without the back panel installed. The MAC's weight and total weight of my other components is easily handled by the Salamander. This helps insolate everything to the floor and I can get away with using only the standard adjustable rack feet because my sound room is wall-to-wall carpet. I should add that I usually like to listen to my music at what I consider to be concert level gain (e.g. 50% to 60% on the MAC, depending upon digital or vinyl source). If your sound room is, for example, proverbial hardwood flooring on top of half or three-quarter inch plywood subflooring, with 16" O.C. single 2" X 10" floor joists (12" O.C. with doubled or even tripled up or married floor joists is even more rigid and cross bracing helps, too), with or without felt or some other liner, you might feel a need to invest in spikes or whatever. However, I would wait to see if you can actually hear a negative impact on sound performance. |
