Mapleshade Samson racks?

I'm also interested since my sampson is on order. It will have a 4" solid maple top for the turntable. I spoke with Chris Brady at Teres Audio about this a few months ago and he thought solid wood was a good option.

I have been told (from people I believe) that maple is the best wood for a turntable base and 4" should be awesome. They are beautiful racks and I would like one myself. Please post your thoughts after you use it awhile.

I have the 3 shelf Sampson rack with the 4" maple shelf and isoblocks on top. The rack is the 26" x 19" size. It is very heavy and stable in my room. My floor is concrete and carpet. I have a VPI Aires II with the JMW 9 unipivot arm sitting on top of the rack. The tonearm literally sits on a pin, so it seems like it wouldn't take much to upset it. I have two little kids who like to scamper in my listening room and have never had a problem with footsteps, vibration, etc. Mapleshade's customer service was great, too. Go for it!

Mapleshade... are they still around? Lets see... I've call once leaving a message and e-mailed twice... Nobody has answered.