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DIY Stereo Rack

I want to build a music system rack but get a headache after trying to chose what route to go. Is the hardest densest wood like ash or walnut best. Or something softer? I was thinking of using countertop cement for shelves. My thinking being the harder it is the easier vibrations transfer. Cement being not so dense may not transfer vibrations so readily. If styrofoam was stronger why not use blocks of it for super vibration isolation? Thanks for any insight you can provide. Bob
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Here's mine. I used maple with stainless steel tube and threaded rod for the uprights. The tubes are filled with sand and are totally dead. This is not for everyone as the construction required a good deal of machining (this could never be built with basic hand tools), but if you can do that sort of thing, go for it. If not, wood slabs with simple holes drilled through them with threaded rod will work.

Building racks is not a science. Nobody knows what material is "best." Choose what is available and what you can work with and have fun.

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