Building Maple stand need inexpensive wood supplier

Bluestone is a blue gray paver Stone that comes mostly from Pennsylvania that looks somewhat like granite and has high mass and stiffness, very desirable characteristics for audio. I get my Bluestone at Home Depot, in the garden outdoor section. A slab about 18x18 and 2 inches thick should do nicely.

I’m a big fan of Bluestone pavers. They sound wonderful with cones or springs.

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Geoffkait,

With a nod to your missives re spring loaded mass, I was thinking of hanging the maple shelves on springs below the level of the outer metal frame , rather than placing them on top of the frames with sorbothane bumpers. Your thoughts please.

>>>>>>Sounds like an excellent idea. I am not a big fan of Sorbothane, anyway. 

If it’s beauty you’re after get only grade AAA white maple. Oh, and you’ll pay for it. But an inexpensive alternative is Baltic birch ply, a rather handsome wood, actually.