What are the best Audio Compnent Racks Available?


Hello. It's time to buy a new audio component rack. I am tired of taking short cuts and being unhappy. I've talked to five different and reputable dealers and everybody has something conflicting to say.

Could somebody please name the better racks, rank it (e.g. 1=worst, 10=best), and provide some insights as to why you like it better than other brands. How does it sound different?

Thanks in advance for your help.
gechta
I think the best rack is a custom Salamander clone. Costs less too and can be nice and as elaborate as you like.
I have recently purchased an EquaRack system. It doesn't use shelves, but a series of isolated aluminium mounts fixed to a heavy-duty steel frame. It had a great review and has been compared with the Grand Prix. It has fully lived up to my expectations. I am using Shunyata Python power cables and the lack of shelves makes it easy to dress the cables and keep them free of the floor, other kit and the rack. The sound is great and the system is flexible enough to allow me to add another level at a later stage.

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Like Fmpnd, I have over the years been through a series of pucks, feet, discs, stands and racks, all of which were in the end less than fully satisfying. I have finally found something which does no harm and in many instances provides a significant improvement in the sound, the Finite Elemente series of feet, amp stands and equipment racks, particularly the Pagode Master Reference series used with cerabases. My initial purchase was the equipment rack which worked so well that I bought two amp stands and then began adding cerabases. A well engineered approach that works. I have recently heard an active isolation base, the minus k at the infamous Professor Luttbeg's home and it was a revelation under CD players, but incredibly expensive.