Audio Rack Opinions


After a fair amount of research, I have landed on 3 candidates for upgrading my audio rack:

  1. Symposium Acoustics Foundation Ultra 
  2. Core Audio Plykraft 4L
  3. Butcher Block Audio Rigid Rack with 4 shelves 

This will be used with the following system:

Palmer 2.5i Turntable

  • LFD NCSE Mk3 amplifier
  • Sutherland Little Loco phono stage
  • Oppo UDP 203 CD player
  • Palmer turntable power supply
  • This sits on hardwood floors to the left of my Harbeth speakers which are Tontrager stands

I am not in the market for a $10k plus rack, but would love to hear opinions on the above racks or any other suggestions  

 

Thanks in advance  

 

128x128thr1961

Showing 2 responses by elliottbnewcombjr

can't help you with rack choice

My beautiful rack had legs that were recessed from the front and back a bit.

Thus weight was in front of a fulcrum point, and weight behind a fulcrum point. I made new strong and strongly attached end supports that extended behind and in front a few inches. Made a big difference.

It's a beauty, rubber isolators for two glass shelves and glass top.

Because my floor is so springy, I needed one more solution to get a step away from the TT after I dropped the needle in the run-in groove.

wrapped them in black tape, did the trick.

That's a beauty of a TT, the 22lb platter must give tremendous stability. I miss my Thoren's TD124 platter which was impressive, heavy in it's day, and only 1/3 the weight.