With help from folks here, I built a rod and butcher block rack that I am well pleased with. 4 shelves for around $800. The below-linked thread ("Anyone built a flexi-type rack?") gives a pretty detailed account of the considerations involved. I like the looks better than most stuff I see at the price point, like Solid Steel, and many with more experience than I say similar things about the sonics. If you are semi-handy, quite possible to bring something in with 5 or 6 shelves for under a grand, especially if you use stainless rod instead of brass (prices on latter have gone crazy, perhaps due military consumption).
John
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1158841915&openflup&54&4#54
John
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1158841915&openflup&54&4#54