pARTicular racks


Does anyone use a Novus rack made by pARTicular? Just wanted some input on sound, looks, and build quality. Semi suspended or fully suspended to be used with a tube system. Thanks.
polk432

Showing 3 responses by xti16

I have a full suspension Novus with black acrylic shelves. No one who has ever come here has said anything but 'That is 1 cool looking rack'. The full suspension rack is about 2 - 4" wider than the semi suspension. Isolation/decoupling is great. Build quality is superb.

That being said the full suspension is a wobbler if you bump up against it. Semi suspension may be better but I have never seen one of those. You do not want small toddlers around without strict supervision or drunks at a party. You would not want to put a turntable on/in it either.

Mine is a 4 shelf rack with an Octave tube integrated (56 lbs) black box and Meridian G08 in it. Got a spare shelf for junk presently. Can't say enough good about it. Also when I switched out the components from a Barzalay cabinet to the Novus the noise floor dropped.
The TT will be just fine as long as no one bumps the rack. Semi suspension looks to be more stable than mine because 2 posts are coupled to the floor. With my full suspension no posts even touch the floor.