I have used plastic washers on all of the components which, to me, doesn't seem like a big deal.
I never understood why any rack mounted components would turn up for sale with scratches around the mounting holes.
No offense, but HELLO - we are talking about faceplates DESIGNED to be mounted on a rack?!
Re vibrations, this is an interesting thought, but I am not so concerned about this. Stehno, given that Audio Research and others are sold with rack mountable faceplates, do you think they had more of an "audiophile" rack in mind? Or were these faceplates all the rage cosmetically, but never intended to actually be mounted to a rack?
Whart - yes, heat is a concern and certainly for amps and tubes. At this point, I have kept my Mark Levinson amp out of the rack - it sits closer to the speakers. And for my SP11, I searched and scraped around ebay to find the rare rack mountable Audio Research ventilation units so I have one above the preamps power supply and one above the preamp itself which I think is fine. I also leave the rear door open a bit.
Kublakhan
I have checked out the Sweetwater device and THANK YOU - yes, that is more or less exactly what I have been looking for.
Now hmmmmm.....I wonder if that SPDIF output (?) can go straight into a rack mountable, Audio Research DAC III.......
another rack mountable shelf for a turntable......
...will try later to post some photos, but to me it is the best way to go.
I never understood why any rack mounted components would turn up for sale with scratches around the mounting holes.
No offense, but HELLO - we are talking about faceplates DESIGNED to be mounted on a rack?!
Re vibrations, this is an interesting thought, but I am not so concerned about this. Stehno, given that Audio Research and others are sold with rack mountable faceplates, do you think they had more of an "audiophile" rack in mind? Or were these faceplates all the rage cosmetically, but never intended to actually be mounted to a rack?
Whart - yes, heat is a concern and certainly for amps and tubes. At this point, I have kept my Mark Levinson amp out of the rack - it sits closer to the speakers. And for my SP11, I searched and scraped around ebay to find the rare rack mountable Audio Research ventilation units so I have one above the preamps power supply and one above the preamp itself which I think is fine. I also leave the rear door open a bit.
Kublakhan
I have checked out the Sweetwater device and THANK YOU - yes, that is more or less exactly what I have been looking for.
Now hmmmmm.....I wonder if that SPDIF output (?) can go straight into a rack mountable, Audio Research DAC III.......
another rack mountable shelf for a turntable......
...will try later to post some photos, but to me it is the best way to go.