Heavy duty amp stand, Sonic benefits?


Does an amplifier benefit from a sturdy well-built amplifier rack?

I'm trying to decide whether to buy a new amplifier rack. The one I have is kind of a light weight material made of plastic composite. I am looking at one rack that was made of steel and weighs about 100 pounds, name of the company is sound anchor. Looks like a nicely made amp.

I'm wondering how an amplifier benefits from resting on a Quality built rack or does it really matter?

emergingsoul

@emergingsoul 

Keeping vibration from all of your electronics is beneficial, especially tube equipment, but wether  you can hear the difference is another story.  For me, with my equipment, I could not hear a difference, but I put Isoacoustics Gaia feet on my speakers and it made a huge difference!

All the best.

dinov

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Yes, and well isolated from your main rack.

+1 excellent point! 

moving the amp out of the main rack either onto the floor or an amp stand always resulted in improvement in my system. More room to breathe for the amp and less interference with other components, that’s what drives the improvement.

 

I use a home built stand just for the benefit of “air”. It doesn’t have a top or sides and it does have vents on bottom. Aesthetically beneficial, I don’t realize any audible change with or without. Just checked again to be sure !

When I get my system photo ready I will post it, however I am pretty intimidated which adds to delay.

@markmuse 

Exactly, rubber stoppers. I bet that is where it all started. Then out cam vibrapods with different flexibility for different weights, and half spheres… creating dozens of products… I’m sure besting the stoppers by a bit. Then came more designs of multiple materials and springs. Mark, you probably got the most cost effective one.