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  

 

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Showing 2 responses by mulveling

Not sure I love the idea of a wood frame rack for turntables. But if very well implemented, it could be fine. And the ones you've picked do look quite solid.

What worked for me was a rack architecture that’s as rigid as possible, with isolation delegated to the shelves. My case was an extreme though, as I went from a flimsy Lovan Sovereign stackable 3-post rack (AWFUL) to an over-the-top CMS Maxxum (wonderful!). Boy did that solve my turntable feedback issues, though. You definitely want a 4-post rack, not 3, and avoid non-fixed stackable levels! I cringe whenever I see a nice table atop one of those VTI modular racks, because I know what that was like :(

Eyeballing those options, I like the Symposium for its solid aluminum posts.

+2 @lak !

I really enjoy having a rigid, gorgeously engineered & built rack, even if it's over the top. I also have nice platforms for my amps. 3rd party footers was a rabbit hole I quickly punched out of. Like you say, too stressful. What I have now is enough.