Off topic a hair, you can put rubber stoppers between the screw heads and the faceplate to prevent blemishing the finish. It also makes it harder for people to steal the gear-at least quickly. The one that does ruffle me a little is when I see the rack *handles* put on pieces of gear that appear to be solely for beauty/marketing reasons ("it looks cool!")--a 65wpc 12lb carver amp doesn't need rack handles. Now trying to get a 50lb amp, or even a 150lb Gryphoon off the bottom shelf (I'm speculating/imagining on the latter since I've never had to move a gryphoon) rack handles are a godsent. I can't see rackmounting affecting performance in anyway. Of course some tweeko's may start talking about how it couples the component directly to the stand and some mumbo jumbo vibration control issues.
