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High End, and Rack Mountable

One thing that has really helped tidy up my system was changing from tables and audio furniture to a tall, rack mountable cabinet, with a rear door, a shelf, a drawer and casters.

For me, it has been a real treat, albeit a bit more work to initially get the components screwed into the rack.

Now, I am pondering a system change, mainly to warm up the sound of my Audio Research SP11, and also switch out my Sony SCD-1 for hard drive based digital and a new turntable.

I would really love to keep the rack, however, and probably also my Magneplanar Tympanis.

Could anyone therefore, make suggestions for truly rack mountable components that are genuinely high end, could drive my Tympanis nicely and also look great in a matte black, studio type 19" stacked rack configuration.

If you want to check out the rack, it is made by Raxxess.

I hope this isnt too tall an order and thank you for any ideas or opinions.
cwlondon

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Brystons love Maggies. Personally, I'd buy 2 of the Bryston Pro Pak 500 watt mono plate amps and mount them to the back of the Maggies. Forget speaker cables, and just run long ICs.

As for the rack thing: I used to do that back in the day (mid 80s to mid 90s) both for audio and HT, but it can be a hassle, unless you take Barry's advice (but then the use of a NAB-type rack becomes moot) It is definitely hard on equipment cosmetics, and unless you use insulating washers on all mounting holes, tying all the chassis together electrically can cause major ground loop problems unless you are able to connect everything together using balanced (XLR) interconnects.
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