I share your feeling re prices of equipment racks.I have three amplifiers, one requiring a preamp, three cd transports three dacs, turntable,and three tuners.I tried rotating each system onto a four level vertical audio shelf as I wanted to hear it, but old age, bad back and laziness made me look for alternatives.Googled make your own audio racks and came across a style that allowed me to create the number of levels, height and depth and width exactly required to hold all of my systems at one time. Uses 1/2" threaded zinc plated rods. Big zinc plated nuts and washers on the threaded rods and 5/8" thick shelving from Lowes.All of the metal hardware was ordered from McMaster Carr online.Let my wife choose the paint for the shelves.Couldn't be happier.I am a total klutz when building things and this did not come out perfect, but I made it work. It looks good enough for me and is functionally exactly what I wanted.I only screwed up when trying to drill the eight holes through three shelves simultaneously, in that I did not have enough clamps, so I had to move them and two sets of holes came out slightly off center. I
cant see it, but I know its there.Unless you want to purchase a really beautiful expensive high end audio shelf that you can brag about, I highly recommend you take a chance on this style.
cant see it, but I know its there.Unless you want to purchase a really beautiful expensive high end audio shelf that you can brag about, I highly recommend you take a chance on this style.