Amp Stands, Butcher Blocks Etc.


How many of you guys have your gear on low to the floor amp stands or butcher blocks? I'm trying to pull the trigger on such a setup and my significant other keeps ragging that it will not look good and my gear will get extra dusty. Right now they are on a two level tempered glass table with iso footers under each piece of gear. Please advise
zar
I took my Shanling SP-80 tube monoblocks off the floor and put them on custom-made 3-inch maple platforms. What a difference this made to the sound : clearer mids, cleaner highs and tighter, weightier bass. I used the Mapleshade guidelines and put the amps on brass cones and the platforms on soft footers. If you want to see how they looked, check out my system pic.
I have several pair of monoblock amps that sit on amp stands on the floor. I find better sound if I use the Star Sound SP 004 Sistrum Platforms, or have Valleyplastic (audiogon member) make you a pair of monoblock stands out of 1" thick Acrylic all CNC finished and highly polished (in black or clear), and include spikes.
See: http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?accsrack&1216588272
I use Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference amp stands (see my system pics). I second Albert's opinion - they are expensive, but well worth the money. And they look great.
Zar,

Since you don't appear to have tubes or a TT - vibration control is probably a mute point. Why not go with what the wife wants...I see no reason to go in this direction other than for macho display purposes...just two cents.