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SEEKING A NEW AUDIO RACK

I currently have an audio rack with maple shelves by Salamander.
Seeking to make a change.
I saw a VTI 6 glass shelf rack with chrome poll legs.
Is having glass shelves going to be a problem with resonances and other sound issues?
I have the Triton 5's speakers with 2 stereo SVS subs, Rogue Audio Magnum 2 tube power amp and Rogue Audio pre amp. & a Cary CD player.  In short, the VTI rack looks the best, as the system is in my living room,  like the glass shelves, but don't want to sacrifice performance for looks. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.
kjl1065

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geoffkait
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melbguyone, I wasn’t expecting you to answer them. I was pretty sure you were bluffing anyway. No biggie. Never mind.


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OK, I guess someone has to ask, since you brought it up, what is your own personal experience or research with glass shelves? Or glass windows. Or glass anything? Fair enough? 😛
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melbguyone
Be cautious with racks using glass shelves, as glass will notoriously ’ring’. The only high end manufacturer I know of who has managed to engineer around those issues is Artesania, though they use bonded glass shelves with complex bracing and supports - and not cheap!

>>>>>Mana iso stands use glass shelves, and the more glass shelves the better. Glass actually doesn’t ring under load and has some low frequency flexibility under load so it acts like a spring. Also, any shelf that rings can be easily dealt with by damping. So it’s not the end of the world.

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