Rack Recommendations


Hello - I'm looking for a vertical rack recommendation for my system. I'm looking for something with 4 or 5 shelves and for it to be under 1k.

I'm considering a solid steel rack (5.4) or maybe even the new S5. Everything else I've seen is significantly more expensive. I'm wondering if there might be something I'm missing out there?

At the end of the day I'm skeptical of the value that these high dollar racks bring to a system and I'm more looking for something that "gets the job done".

My system includes:
Pass xp10
Pass x250.5
VPI Scount 2
Oppo 105
PS Audio GCPH

I appreciate any and all suggestions!
skyflyer04
Skyflyer04,
You really wouldn't be sorry with the Adona. I had the old 4 shelf Target for 20 years probably, because that was all that there was at that time. I almost got clobbered for spending $350.00 for it. It was better than nothing for sure, but the Adona has the granite/MDF shelves,some models like my own have adjustable shelves, and they all have a lot more room to move. As far as the way they affect the sound, it is definately easy to hear, but a little harder to describe. Music sounds at once more settled, but more free from the constraints of the speaker boxes. Isolation and vibration draining of components are not a waste of money. Buy the best one that you can reasonably afford, and I think you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner. They look good too.
Good Luck
I second Chris at Timbernation.
There's nothing like thick maple shelving with stout posts to isolate your gear.
I'm never parting with mine: it's too heavy to move. :-)

All the best,
Nonoise
Go with wood, no glass or metal. Better sound. Take a look at the wood racks at cayinusa.com Well built, great value.
You can make the stand as rock solid as you want, and couple it as tightly to the floor as you want and use very high quality feet to support the entire affair. This stand will be excellent for allowing the energy in the system, the vibration produced by motors, transformers and such out of the system. But the problem is that this same system allows energy to flow up through the system from the floor, the seismic energy produced by Earth's crust motion, traffic, subways, wind, footfalls, air conditioners, etc. That is why BOTH types of systems are required for the best results - a system to allow vibration to rapidly leave the system without being stored and a system to disallow or attenuate structural vibration from getting up into the components. That's the whole point of the Big Bang when the Vibraplane was introduced in 1996. Hel-loo!