Using protective discs under brass footers

Markpao- Think you should have bought some addtl maple shelves to protect the maple shelves that are protecting your rack's shelving! Just joking. Wish I could afford your setup, but I could barely afford the new rack. I just took delivery of Bearpaws for my VPI Classic from Eden Sound and have a lot of Audio Points sitting in my drawer. When my rack arrives, I'll definitely have to do some testing.

Markpao -
Bought a Steve Blinn 3 shelf rack with matching amp stand; all with 2" maple shelves, except for 3" top shelf for my VPI Classic. Hope to see it in a week or two. I'll be collecting pop cans along the highway for the next 5 years in order to pay for it.

Would appreciate your thoughts on a question I just posted to another thread re: my Audible Illusions pre. Is it better to actually replace component feet with threaded brass footers (in which case I have to go buy a 4th footer). Is simply resting a component on 3 unthreaded cones a less desirable solution?

Mark,

Steve's rack is assembled and in place. Awesome rack. Highly recommended. Bought 3" top shelf for TT and rest are 2". Can't wait to get my amp back from repair and on stand that I also purchased. Until then, all I can do is look at the system!

Audiotweak -
Thanks. I acquired a number of discs when I purchased a couple sets of Audio Points a few years back. I'll go ahead and use them.

Needfreestuff -
I too have bearpaws from Edensound - under my VPI. But, not sure I want permanent holes pressed into my nice maple platforms; so, I currently have discs under the bearpaws. But I've not had a chance to see what my new Steve Blinn rack w/3" maple shelves and Edensound bearpaws will do, if anything, to my system's sound because my amp has been away for repair for the last 4 months. When I get the amp back and have music again, I promise to experiment. In the meantime, I'm just picking other brains.