There are several members of my old audio group that built their own racks All of them seem to be quite pleased with the results. You can tweak your rack by using heavy brass footers. I highly recommend Edensounds products which he can customize to meet your needs. I say go for it, maybe thicker maple would look more impressive.
Changing racks from Grand Prix to home made??
HI, I have been using Grand Prix racks in both my main system and my bedroom system. Racks are kind of hard to qualify their merit since it's not an easy A/B comparison. I remember thinking when I got one that it made a very nice improvement. Now I'm thinking of getting rid of them for aesthetic reasons. I'm re designing my living room and I would like to organize most of my equipment hidden in shelving and have a few things like my preamp and DAC accessible. I am a builder so I can make most anything. I was thinking of getting 1 1/2" thick maple to use under the components. The way I want things to look I just don't think anything but a custom build will work.
I'm wondering if anyone else has done something like this and been happy or sad with the sound after doing it? I suppose if I could A/B the custom rack vs the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix was way better then I would stick with the Grand Prix some way. I don't know for sure if I used to be way more neurotic about this audio stuff when I got them. These days I tend not to obsess to much or have the desire to change power cords and things like that all the time.
Thanks, Ryan
I'm wondering if anyone else has done something like this and been happy or sad with the sound after doing it? I suppose if I could A/B the custom rack vs the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix was way better then I would stick with the Grand Prix some way. I don't know for sure if I used to be way more neurotic about this audio stuff when I got them. These days I tend not to obsess to much or have the desire to change power cords and things like that all the time.
Thanks, Ryan