Rack : I need your help


Hi,

I'd like to order a rack like this: an horizontal surface 145x45 cm with two side vertical to it surfaces 120x45 cm.
I hope you can imagine it.
I will put two very heavy turntables on it, with their motor units separate from the turntables.
I need a material sonically neutral and resistant.
I think that solid wood is better than mdf, but much heavier.
Which wood is the best choice?
Any advice is welcome, thank you.
apopira2

Showing 2 responses by mechans

I would stay away from glass it can be a reflecting surface or worse tintinabulate on you. The multi layer composites however have been intuitively appealing and birch plywood is a welded multi layered wood.
I think you will find "welded woods" like edge grain Maple butcher block more readily available for custom work. That kind of board is sonically inert to my ears. The only catch is that my amps stands are 3 inches thick and very heavy. My colleagues have had excellent results using 2 inch thick boards in multi shelf racks with the top shelf as a turntable platform.