You can realy get even with buying cheap or non-audio racks but you will loose necessary isolation. I possess a standesign quatro rack and it's considered to be a basic meaning that there is no isolation what-so-ever. I cut extra mdf shelves and place them on the top of stock shelves using vibrapods. In addition I've screwed Michell spikes onto each stocked shelf. In one-more addition I've welded an extra-heavy base onto the bottom of that rack to hold-up an extra-component.
Racks vs. furniture w/pods, points, aurios, etc?
Finding a rack I love is not hard to do if I want to spend $6,000. I just saw a double wide rix rax with inlaid wood and it is exactly what I want, but 6K is just a bit much for me.
My question is this - Am I wasting my time and money if I buy or make a beautiful piece of furniture and utilize every expensive pod, spike, roller block, platform, etc. to isolate my equipment? My system consists of Well tempered turntable, CAT Ultimate, Gamut amp, Offrande speakers and an AudioMeca cd.
Thanks for your help.