*mmm* ...looks like a great way to consider tapping off the heat from those pesky tubes and into the hw heater....or the foot of the bed to warm those tweaky toes.... ;)
Insert a rubber diaphram driven by a sub voice coil to 'pump you up'.....
I Was Stunned
For years I have resisted a rack for the front end gear because of concerns of the effects of hard vertical surfaces at or near the same height as the tweeters and midrange drivers affecting the center image and the illusion of a soundstage.
My gear sat on the floor.
And then I got an idea.
A few weeks ago I visited with a friend who is also a craftsman and artisan.
The rack I designed and he built is made from 1" square steel tubing.
All tubes are filled with sand before being welded together.
It has two shelves made from 1.5" butcher block. They are 18" deep and 48" wide.
The top shelf is 20" high.
The tweeters are 48" high, the midrange 40".
The shelves are isolated from the frame with silicone.
It is non-resonant, heavy, solid and gorgeous.
It sits on a wood floor, over a concrete slab.
I wasn't expecting what I heard. Amazing transformation. Greater clarity, cleaner highs, mids and lows. More natural timbres. Better dynamics.
You get the picture.
I was stunned.
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@roxy54 , not necessarily....with the unions one could fill the pipes with sand at a minimum, lead shot for max weight...*G* ...of course, 'moving' the rack itself could be as bad as moving some amps... |